Restless Spirits by Kathy Bryson

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“You tell me the dead are coming through a crack in my barn, but I shouldn’t worry?”-Kathy Bryson, Restless Spirits

Marilee set fire to her friend's house, accidentally. That friend also happens to be very wealthy. Fearing for her job, she finds through her mother's help another job. But what she doesn't anticipate is the hot owner or the odd occurrences. Everything is not as it seems but Marilee is determined to beat it all and show them who is boss. Find the official description on Goodreads.

Okay, so I did understand Restless Spirits just a tiny bit better after reading Feeling Lucky. That being said you can read them out of order and have things make sense, it just makes better sense when you read it in order.

I definitely could find more of myself in the two main characters of Marilee and John. Mostly because they're both clumsy or accident prone which can lead to some funny incidents-incidents that if you're like me could actually happen. Which made it that much funnier. It was an enjoyable book if only for the character relationships. The only thing I didn't like was that Marilee seemed to be a bit of a witch and her attitude sometimes threw me off of her as a character.

That being said, there is some new enemies from the previous book and it was interesting how something that I viewed as a flaw in Marilee actually served her as a strength in the end. 

It was good to see characters go through certain difficulties and work their way through them, growing as they went. It's always interesting to see character growth and well it wasn't overly noticable, it did happen.

If you enjoyed Feeling Lucky than you will certainly enjoy Restless Spirits. 

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Feeling Lucky by Kathy Bryson

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“A leprechaun did not just kill off my car in a hailstorm.”-Kathy Bryson, Feeling Lucky

Megan got really drunk at her cousin's wedding. But when she pinches a musicians butt, she doesn't see that as capturing him. In fact she'd rather forget the whole incident. But when a queen rules that she has captured Fergus, a leprechaun, and she gets everything he owned, she finds it's not all it's cracked up to be. She loses her job, creates a foundation, and finds herself battling against a grumpy leprechaun who just wants his things back. But maybe at everything will work out for the better. Find the official description on Goodreads.

Kathy Bryson jumps right into the weirdness. Now I must admit, silly me I read Restless Spirits(review to come) before reading Feeling Lucky. Little confusion on my part apparently. So I sort of knew a bit of weirdness already and some of this weirdness was familiar. That being said, there were also different weirdnesses, for instance the Queen. Readers deal with the king in Restless Spirits so we got to meet a new character that could possibly be in the running for no fun character of the year. Just saying.

Some of the attitudes in the book when Megan got all of that money while understandable(and honestly I'd probably spend at least a little of the money) but it was also annoying. But where I read Restless Spirits I also knew a bit more about that situation as well. So I had some spoilers on what were going on.

Megan and Fergus were definitely my favorite characters, Megan most of all. She was witty, smart and generous. She honestly was a great character who had a few flaws to round her out. It was amazing reading the book and seeing everything that was going on.

Feeling Lucky is for those readers that enjoy romances as well as supernatural elements to their romances such as fairies and leprechauns.

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