I enjoyed the sexual heat between the men. “You wildly overestimate the extent of my knowledge,” Stephen said.I nevertheless was convinced by the fussiness and sticklerishness of Day, the judiciary of magical crimes hired to deal with the Magpie Lord's various magical issues, that the system of this world was well thought out and believable enough for me to move on.Īnd move on I did. “If I do, someone probably carved a magpie on it. 'Isn’t there some other way for you to get power?” (Lord Crane is petulantly complaining to Stephen here.) The Magpie Lord, ancestor of Lord Crane, our main character, is never explicitly described nor is his codification of majgickq's workings explored. The problems I still have with books featuring majgickq are lessened when, like Author Charles, one goes to the trouble of thinking the actions and reactions necessary to make the manipulation of the world work consistently. But I feel confident that I am not going to be let down in my gladly extended faith. The tide was coming in up the Thames, not far away, and Stephen sensed salt water rippling, the surge of boats, wet wood and sailcloth, the quiet throb of the garden around him, but mostly he could feel Crane, sharp and silver, standing out from the surrounding world like a knife in a drawer full of wooden is hard to imagine any trope could be misused. In the hands of Author Charles, who can write this: I really don't like some of the stuff, the more closely it resembles Lord of the Rings or A Song of Ice and Fire the less I like it, but the reality is that this stuff can be used very well. My Review: I've invested a lot of energy in denigrating phauntaisee and majgickq in books. Evil pervades the house, a web of plots is closing round Crane, and if Stephen can’t find a way through it-they’re both going to die.ĮARLY BIRTHDAY GIFTS FROM MY KIND YOUNG GENTLEMAN CALLER. But Crane’s dangerous appeal isn't the only thing rendering Stephen powerless. Soon Stephen is falling hard for the worst possible man, at the worst possible time. and the way Crane seems determined to get him into bed. Besides, the earl is unlike any aristocrat he’s ever met, with the tattoos, the attitude. Unfortunately, it’s his job to deal with supernatural threats. Magician Stephen Day has good reason to hate Crane’s family. He’s also inherited his family’s enemies.

But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. A snowball in hell.Įxiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England.

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