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Throwing Shade

Magic After Midlife, Book 1

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Throwing Shade

By: Deborah Wilde
Narrated by: Croix Provence
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Summary

Middle-aged. Divorced. Hormonally imbalanced. Then she got magic. Underestimate her. That’ll be fun. Miriam Feldman is ditching her shapewear and finally letting her magic fly free.

When Miri was a teen, her parents were murdered by magic assassins. These days, her aggressively normal job as a law librarian suits her just fine. Normal keeps her daughter safe. Normal means no one notices the dangerous power she’s spent years pretending she doesn’t have.
That ends when her ride-or-die best friend vanishes after tangling with vampires.

To get her back, Miri unleashes the rare shadow magic she’s kept buried for decades. It’s intoxicatingly empowering—and impossible to ignore.
Plunged into a hidden supernatural world where not knowing the rules is a fast-track to a painful end, Miri's audacity is both her greatest weapon and her biggest risk. She enlists help the only way she can: by blackmailing a grumpy French wolf shifter into her rescue mission. He has the infuriating habit of disagreeing with her every move… and a baffling drive to protect her, even though she doesn’t need it.

Then there’s their chemistry. Sharp, undeniable, and very much not on her To-Do list.

As threats multiply and secrets unravel, Miri discovers that magic doesn’t just change the rules—it changes her. But will claiming this second act cost her the people she loves… or finally give her the life she thought she’d missed her chance at?

Featuring a smart older heroine with zero effs left to give, laugh-out-loud banter, and a swoony shifter romance, this clever mix of urban fantasy and mystery will have you bingeing 'just one more chapter.'

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©2021 Deborah Wilde (P)2021 Te Da Media Inc.
Fantasy Fiction Humorous Mystery Paranormal Paranormal Romance Romance Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Magic Shifter Comedy
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The female main character is irritating. Advertised as a woman over 40 in a world of magic. However said woman acts like a irrational teen. I will not finish this series.

Irritating

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Awful narrator and the main character is definitely not acting like a 40 year old mother

Terrible narrator

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Dang, but I hate the use of the ‘c’ word. There were moments the narration seemed off.

An okay story

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Debra hides her magic but is forced to use it after he
Best friend gets involved with vampires. Funny,
Witty and a fun read

Funny and fast

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was genuinely wanting to hear this book, loved the story line and humour, unfortunately couldn't handle the narrator. character is supposed to be a 40 year old hard ass saasy chick. narrator sounds like constantly upbeat and happy plus talking Loud and enthusiastically through whole character felt wrong

loved the concept, couldn't handle the narrator

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