I started confused and just couldn't get into it. It was trying to hard to be kitschy for me.....I have it points for trying

Immensely entertaining, I needed a lark to take the edge off of the stress & this was it. A hysterical action filled romp. A teen book enjoyable by adults with a great kinda heroine: an over achiever whose lost her parents, had to move to a new area to finish high school by herself and runs into a wackadoodle that ruins her campout & plan to watch a meteor shower. There is alot of tongue in cheek & she fell asleep reading a fun series I've read: twenty-sided sorceress by Annie Bellet, so great hook in. YAS, D&D is coming back in vogue HARD so dust off those dice & notebooks. Her first day at school is a beauty, with an insufferable sparklie, a fuzzy & a principle enveloped in a fog of pot smoke lounging with iguanas. This was as easy to curl up with as hot spiced rum on a cold night, I love it & intend to continue the series asap

This series was fantastic. Quick, witty, with an excellent plot and full characters, I enjoyed every page.

I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I got all three book in the series to read and review. I was not sure what I was getting into when I first found this series. I have to say Vic is a very quirky character and how she reacts to the weird things in her life is just crazy. In the first book in the series she is trying to figure how what really happy to her family. IT was a good base for the rest of the series. It made want to read the rest.

"Victoria Marmot and the Meddling Goddess" eBook was published in 2018 and was written by Virginia McClain (http://virginiamcclain.blogspot.com). Ms. McClain has published six novels or novellas. This is the first of her "Victoria Marmot" series. 

I categorize this novel as ‘R’ because it contains lots of Mature Language and some Mature Situations. The story is set in the contemporary US, but one that has magic. The primary character is seventeen-year-old Victoria Marmot. 

Marmot has just begun her Senior Year at a new school in Flagstaff, AZ. She is living there alone in the house that her parents left her in their will. She is struggling to get through the first day in a new school when things start to go strange in a big way. While camping alone Gwen, a beautiful redheaded girl, pops up naked at Marmot's campsite saying that she is Virginia's "Narrator". Then there is Edik, the young man in her class that turns out to be a vampire. 

From that point, the story of Marmot's life really begins to get crazy and she begins a quest. She finds she has magical abilities. She discovers that she has a sibling. She is attracted to both a boy and a girl that are helping her. 

I thought that the 3.5+ hours I spent reading this 269-page young adult fantasy were interesting. The character of Victoria Marmot is colorful. She does make a good main character, though she is far from what I would call normal. I like the chosen cover art. I give this novel a 3.5 (rounded up to a 4) out of 5.

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It’s not that I hated this book. I just don’t care about it at all. The story wasn’t engaging at all. It took me forever to get into the story as the first chapter was so damn confusing and trying to be meta-edgy and I hated that part. From there the story went back and forth between infodumping and ridiculous dialogue with barely any action. I couldn’t tell you how many different mythological being and folklorish happenings were in this story, but it was a lot. None of the characters interested me and the only moment where I felt a tiny bit of excitement was towards the end. The last chapter ends of a cliffhanger and before that there’s hinted at some bigger questions. I read this book fast, but I wasn’t paying attention to it the same way I normally would. I loved the cover, but the story was a mess. I’m confused to who this would be entertaining and really I just wanted the book to be over so I could be done with it. A very disappointing read, that could have done with a heavy editing in pretty much all aspects.

I loved it! Victoria is awesome and everything I wish I was as a teen. I’m here for Gwen for sure. Can’t wait to get started on the next book.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC. This is an honest review.

Victoria is young woman who just lost her parents and somehow inherited wealth and lawyers. Her parents had secrets and now she gets to uncover them in new town with some really weird residents.

The first part of this book was confusing but continue to read. It does get better. This was a short book partly because it did also move fast pace. It was short enough that I cannot for an opinion on whether to recommend this or not. A lot was going on in the first book and nothing feels resolved. This could have been fleshed out a little bit or this series is really just one giant book. I don't know because I was not granted the other two books to read. Hence the maybe. I think this is a series where you want the full set to truly recommend it or not. I just feel like somebody gave me a tiny bite of what could be awesome pie but won't let me eat the rest.

Three stars on NetGalley for a maybe recommend and two stars for Goodreads for It was OK (really 2.5 stars because I did sort of like it but I did not certainly like it).

A quick read, which finds Vic starting a new school and things are just not what they seem. Thoroughly enjoyable read with nods to Harry Potter, but all in all an entertaining story.

This is the first in a series of books featuring Vic (aka Victoria Marmot).

One of the things I most enjoyed about this story was how Vic reacts to the weird stuff that is happening to her. I think best of these were her reactions to the Twilight-esque vampire/werewolf love interests. Then you add in the nods to the Harry Potter universe. Honestly, it’s a toss-up between which of the two worlds this story seems to be poking fun at the most. Obviously Twilight. But then again, when the headmaster Albert says, “Didn’t they tell you? Surely you’ve wondered how they learned it all!” you can’t quite keep from picturing Hagrid introducing magic to Harry for the first time.

I also enjoyed the way the narrator is introduced. Quite entertaining, though I did have to go back and re-read it once I began to understand what was happening. Clever.

On the other hand, the core plot of this story is a bit straightforward, despite its best efforts to tangle itself up in elements from the two series aforementioned. Without those entanglements, I am not sure I’d have enjoyed this too much on its own merits. Still, my impression is that these nods and references are in fact the main point of the story.

So yeah, Vic’s no-nonsense denial of the “stupid” and her unwillingness to fall into the standard paranormal romance female heroine role totally make this book worth reading. Having read Harry Potter, Twilight, and other shifter-type PNR books made this one all the more fun. I got the jokes. I saw the contradictions. All the things that bug folks about those worlds are embraced and then denied in this one.

Overall, I really enjoyed this story for what it is. I think fans of fantasy and the paranormal who are looking for a huge dose of sassy heroine are in for a treat. No trope is safe!

I received the review copy of this book via NetGalley.

This book isn't really what I expected. From the blurb and the cover I thought it would be more of a serious urban fantasy novel, the first chapter reminds me of Robert Rankin. It's trying to hard to be funny and I just find it really grating. I don't usually give up on books but I don't think I'm going to finish this one. Sorry.

Victoria Marmot was a challenge for me to read. I read it but I found myself distracted and impatient because it felt very paint by numbers in the footsteps of Twilight. The characters weren't interesting, the first few pages irritated be and the short chapters were irritating. She's got two boys fighting over her when they just meet there'a a goddess narrating her life and she's attacked by a wolf. I just couldn't with this book.

This book was received as an ARC from Virginia McClain in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

When first hearing about this book, I did not know what to expect. From reading the description, the book sounded like a sci-fi fantasy book which does very well at our library. After reading this book, the fantasy, drama, current trends and references expressed throughout the book did not disappoint which makes the book easily relatable with our readers. Each chapter got more interesting and many events happened that were unexpected. The younger crowd especially will enjoy this book because of all the current pop culture references throughout the book. A very enjoyable read.

This book will find its way to our Sci-Fi/Fantasy collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

I really enjoyed this book in a way that I didn't expect to when I first began. The beginning threw me off because it was told in the third person by someone who claims to be a narrator while the main character makes claims like "I'm not a character in some book". However, I very quickly learned to love the informal writing style that the story is told in. It made it seem less like a novel and more like hearing a story from a close friend. I enjoyed that instead of just accepting everything that was weird going on, Victoria was the type of girl to question and disbelieve. I remember at one point she was trying to explain why she didn't believe in something that a character had said and she said that it was like trying to explain why you knew there weren't invisible unicorns dancing on your head - you couldn't explain it, you just knew it was wrong. This is an amazing start to a wonderful series that explains things like why do werewolves bite and do they need to in order to spread the were genes, why do vampires sparkle, and who regulates magical beings. The plot kept moving along a steady speed and I stayed interested from beginning to end. I wish I had the rest of the series so I could continue keeping up with Victora and her new friends.

I have received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The beginning of this was so freaking weird.. but then I definitely got past that.

Victoria Marmot and the Meddling Goddess was an interesting book. I laughed when the narrator stepped in but wanted to see where this book was going to take me after that. The names in this book were hilarious. At one point, I thought this was a joke.. like the whole book. In the end, it turned out to be an enjoyable read and I'm kind of happy that I have the next two ARCs as well.

Victoria reminded me of so many different characters in books that I've previously read. She's smart, funny, sassy, and a bit of a bad ass. She's wondering what the heck happened to her parents but at the same time she wants to know what happened to her weird stalker friend. Without spoiling anything about this book, I'll just say it was enjoyable. I wish the characters that we met at this school or along the way weren't so weird (like the names) but I enjoyed it anyways.

In the end, I'm going to dive into book 2.. in like 3 seconds.

3.5 stars

Victoria Marmot and the Meddling Goddess is ... a difficult one, I don't even know where to begin.

Hmm..

I don't know what I was expecting with this one, I honestly thought it would be different. I actually liked it. And it reminded me of Twilight sooo much. I mean, Victoria moving into a new place, going to a new school; where on her first day, she meets Edik, in her physics class, this is her first impression,

"Not only was this guy's accent decently inappropriate for Arizona, but his manner of speaking was entirely wrong for this century.'

Which made me think, he's totally a vampire, but the thing is he says something, that I swear Edward said to Bella...like seriously exact words..

"It's not that. It's your smell. You smell different. And I can't tell what you're thinking."

I know right? It's VERY similar. And Edik even follows her home and tries to watch her sleep...and he has diamond teeth or rather his skull is made out of diamonds... which I guess also means all his bones are made of diamonds... which honestly only made me think of Edward shinning like a diamond in the sunlight. LOL It's great.

Let's not forget about Seamus, the hunky werewolf.. at one point him and Edik fight about Victoria, which, again reminds me of Twilight..

At one point I loved Twilight, and this kind of brought back good memories of it... It makes me want to read the series again tbh. And NO! its not a 'retelling' of Twilight, its actually way different, and hilarious, but the similarities are there.

If you want something lighthearted and humorous or something upbeat and fun, then I recommend this.

I received a free copy of VICTORIA MARMOT AND THE MEDDLING GODDESS (Victoria Marmot Book One) by Virginia McClain in exchange for an honest review. We find Vic just as things are getting weird. She’s starting a new school soon, so she goes camping to refresh herself for the new experience. Instead of finding peace, she finds she’s being stalked by a weirdo describing her every action. After finally chasing off the weirdo, things settle down until she actually goes to her new school. Weirdness, chaos, quests, pop-culture references, and pot-shots at popular literature ensue.

This story was quick, entertaining, and, occasionally, funny. Contains frequent profanity.

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I loved this book. The story was hilarious and I loved all the F bombs. I mean after all when your life gets turned upside down F!?< is the proverbial word that comes to my mind. The story is spot on. And I’m off to buy book 2