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A Spark of Something (A Librarian's Guide to Witchery Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Shelby Rhodes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 out of 5 stars 230 ratings

Hello there, I don’t think I’ve seen you here before. Well, if you are new, welcome. I’m Oliver ‘Ollie’ Cross, owner of the Cross Heritage Private Library, and I have a problem. Several actually. To explain the full weight of my conundrum, I feel I have to put out there that I am skeptical of all paranormal ‘things’, and always have been. Mostly, I just find the supernatural a bunch of nonsense. At least…I did…until ghosts started appearing…and my cat started talking to me… And if that weren't enough, there is a book that constantly insults me, while claiming that I'm a witch!

So, as you can see, I have quite a conundrum on my hands, in that I…may be losing my ever-loving mind.

On a positive note, for the first time in my life, a man may actually like my tendency to babble, so…winning there? But then, Noble Vincent is perfect… Mysterious, but perfect. Though my cat doesn’t like him, and my best friend thinks he is hiding something. But if anything that's happening is reality…my cat also lied to me my whole life…and my best friend usually thinks everyone is hiding something, so…opinions rejected!

Anyhoo, things are fine! I’m fine! What’s a few life altering events, some breakdowns, and…multiple people trying to kill me—hah… Things will be okay! I hope…

Author Note: A Spark of Something is the first book in the MM paranormal romance series, A Librarian's Guide to Witchery, a series that is meant to be read in order. Please see inside or my website for content warnings.

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    A Librarian's Guide to Witchery
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    January 29, 2025
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CSYJYWRV
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (January 29, 2025)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 29, 2025
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8.6 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B0DTK2SFS9
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 230 ratings

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Shelby Rhodes

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Shelby Rhodes is a lover and writer of MM Paranormal Romance novels, but any genre is up for grabs. She loves building worlds and creating new realities. In her books you can expect to find a mix of humor and fluff with a dash of blood and violence. And while dramatic and comedic monologues may be her favorite things, that doesn't mean she won't try to rip your heart out.

Check out her website, www.ShelbyRhodesAuthor.com, for upcoming releases, free shorts, or if you just want to see what Shelby is currently working on.

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Customers enjoy the book's story, with one review highlighting its amazing romance and action elements. Moreover, the character development receives positive feedback, with one customer noting the diverse cast. Additionally, customers appreciate the book's color scheme, particularly mentioning Red's awesome presence.

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8 customers mention "Story quality"6 positive2 negative

Customers enjoy the story of Ollie and Noble, with one customer highlighting the amazing romance and action elements, while another notes the fun twists.

"...Ollie is such a sweetheart and I LOVE the ADHD/ autism representation. In general the whole cast was so diverse and well written...." Read more

"...Ollie was absolutely adorable, and I initially disliked Noble, but his character grew on me. Red was amazing and I want mire of him...." Read more

"This was an incredibly intense and exciting story! I was completely engrossed by the third chapter. A huge win for Shelby Rhodes. Highly Recommended" Read more

"...I loved Ollie and Noble's story...." Read more

3 customers mention "Character development"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book, with one customer noting the diverse cast and another highlighting the well-thought-out story and characters.

"...In general the whole cast was so diverse and well written. There are so many fun twists in this book about magic and characters...." Read more

"THIS WAS SUCH A DELIGHTFUL READ WITH WELL THOUGHT OUT STORY AND CHARACTERS!! I LOVE OLLIE SO MUCH, I NEED A HUG FROM HIM!!..." Read more

"...I became invested in the MCs and supporting characters. I hope to see more of Red and the grimoire in future books." Read more

3 customers mention "Color"3 positive0 negative

Customers like the color of the book, with one describing it as "adorable incarnate."

"...Red was amazing and I want mire of him. The supernatural mystery had me hooked and I can't wait for more from this world." Read more

"...I LOVE OLLIE SO MUCH, I NEED A HUG FROM HIM!! He is adorable incarnate! The side characters are phenomenally awesome!..." Read more

"...Red is awesome and I can’t wait to see exactly what a familiar can do once he’s all charged up...." Read more

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  • SR
    5.0 out of 5 stars Keep Reading!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2025
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    Where to begin? This was such an amazing romance/ action / realistic fiction with magic, book. The first chapter has LOT of descriptions of the library and Ollies space. I almost stopped because of it, but I’m so glad I didn’t.
    Ollie is such a sweetheart and I LOVE the ADHD/ autism representation. In general the whole cast was so diverse and well written. There are so many fun twists in this book about magic and characters. Some of the twists you can see coming but others just come out of nowhere in the most spectacular way! Also, Red is the best family for Ollie, he’s just great and I love him.
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  • Shannon
    4.0 out of 5 stars I almost DNFed this
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
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    I stuck it out but I almost stopped reading this. The beginning just wasn’t all that interesting. I couldn’t have cared less about the unnecessarily long description of the library. This could have been condensed down into a couple paragraphs and it would have been better. Once Ollie and Noble started interacting more it got much better though. The ending was good and left enough to be intrigued about for the next book
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  • Belinda Zamora
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection
    Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
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    I was highly anticipating this series, and I was absolutely justified.
    Ollie was absolutely adorable, and I initially disliked Noble, but his character grew on me.
    Red was amazing and I want mire of him.
    The supernatural mystery had me hooked and I can't wait for more from this world.
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  • B. Hall
    5.0 out of 5 stars WOW
    Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2025
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    This was an incredibly intense and exciting story! I was completely engrossed by the third chapter. A huge win for Shelby Rhodes. Highly Recommended
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  • Ashley
    5.0 out of 5 stars AN EXCELLENT READ!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2025
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    THIS WAS SUCH A DELIGHTFUL READ WITH WELL THOUGHT OUT STORY AND CHARACTERS!!

    I LOVE OLLIE SO MUCH, I NEED A HUG FROM HIM!! He is adorable incarnate! The side characters are phenomenally awesome! Noble and Ollie, I honestly couldn't get enough of! I loved the dialogue between these characters, which are so witty and original. Just a great read!
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  • Mokee
    4.0 out of 5 stars I’m not sure about Ollie
    Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2025
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    Maybe spoilers?
    I really liked Noble and Red, they were strong and sure. It just seemed that the author tried to make Ollie too innocent and instead made him a weakling. The entire book felt like Ollie just stuffed his fingers in his ears and went Nah Nah Nah Nah trying to ignore every obvious thing that was happening. It got really annoying. And he cried a lot.
    Noble is going through a redeeming arc - partially. I approved of the choices he made, to keep being a monster but only to keep Ollie safe.
    Red is awesome and I can’t wait to see exactly what a familiar can do once he’s all charged up.
    The grimoire was a jerk, it’s obviously a mystery for a future book, but I just wanted to light it on fire.
    The book as a whole was more boring than the others I’ve read by this author. So much time was spent describing the library, its security measures, the staff, the daily routines, it got confusing and annoying. So much time was spent showing us how perfect and nice Ollie was, have you heard the term “Mary Sue”? Because that’s what Ollie was turned into.
    I’m sure I’ll read the second book just to see if it gets any better and I do like the author's other books so I have a bit of hope. But maybe hold off reading this one until the reviews for book two come in.
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  • DLM
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but flawed
    Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2025
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    It took me a little while to get into this book as the start was pretty slow. I’d say the first 50% of the book was hard to get into, but it picked up a lot after that and was a lot more engaging. However there are certain writing choices that made the story feel clunky.

    One issue is there are a LOT of POV changes. I’m talking multiple changes per chapter and some POVs last only a few paragraphs. I think there were far better ways to show the emotions of multiple characters without the constant shifting of point of views. It ended up being really distracting and made the story feel disjointed.

    The other issue is hard to discuss without being too spoiler-y, but I’ll just say that a lot of reviewers describe Noble as morally grey but there’s literally nothing grey about what he’s done. I loved how he treated Ollie but I struggled to get invested in the book because of his backstory. I couldn’t see how I was supposed to ever get invested in such a character…

    Overall I really wanted to love this book and I did like Ollie a lot, but there were so many odd writing choices that made it difficult to get invested. Again the second half helped redeem the book a lot as the story began to flow better, so I do still recommend giving the book a read.
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  • Carrie Krogh
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great start to a new series!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2025
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    I loved A Spark of Something by Shelby Rhodes. It's the first book in the A Librarian's Guide to Witchery. I loved Ollie and Noble's story. I love Ollie's personality and how he talks to his cat, Red, before he knows that he is a witch and Red is his familiar. I also love how he tries to help the ghosts and how Noble is there to save him when things go bad. I also love how Ollie would babble when he was nervous and how talkative he is in the bedroom. I also love the gods that he is able to channel so far. It will be interesting to see if he gets more than the three he currently has or if he will be special and have more. I also can't wait to see how he reacts when he finds out that Noble is now an ex-witch hunter and that his familiar knew the whole time. I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out.

    I read this book using the Kindle unlimited app.
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  • Teresa
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ollie & Noble
    Reviewed in Australia on January 31, 2025
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    Ollie & Noble

    Ollie is a librarian, he inherited a private library, he starts seeing ghosts, eventually it’s revealed that he is a Witch. Noble is a Witch Hunter that’s had enough of killing for an organisation that says witches are evil. He’s realised he has morals that show what he’s been doing isn’t right. Noble has been visiting the library mainly because he’s attracted to Ollie, Ollie’s been kind of stalking Noble. They grow closer and fall in love.

    I love this story. I look forward to the next book in the series.
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  • Mandy Tunstill
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ollie & Noble Brilliant 💖
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2025
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    OH...... WOW........ Absolutely Brilliant loved A Spark of Something by Shelby Rhodes what an amazing start to a new series was hooked from the start could not put it down a supernatural mystery that's got it all I love... love Ollie he's so cute and adorable and when he starts seeing ghosts and finds out he's a witch that's when all the fun starts love him and Noble together amazing chemistry he's so protective of Ollie love Red the cat he's something truly special can't wait for more recommend so much fantastic. 💖
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Curious
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2025
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    The book started quite well, but I became annoyed with the writing style. Especially with the frequent times Ollie would be called 'the man' instead of his name. The plot seems a bit garbled too. I don't think I'll be waiting for part 2.
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  • Gayle
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Spark of Something alright
    Reviewed in Australia on January 31, 2025
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    Oh, this first book is the beginning of what promises to be a story of scary & emotional times for our witch Ollie. My heart is hurting for him as he discovers his witchy side and all the lies and deception that have been told to him to supposedly keep him safe.
    Noble is the love interest that will keep him safe, but may ultimately break his heart.
    Bring on book 2
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