WITHOUT A SUMMER (Glamourist Histories #3) | RELEASE DATE: April 2013 PUBLISHER: Macmillan | GENRE: Historical Fantasy | ARTIST: Unknown Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Jane’s family, but quickly turn restless. The year is unseasonably cold. No one wants to be outside and Mr. Ellsworth is concerned by the harvest, since a bad one may imperil Melody’s dowry. And Melody has concerns of her own, given the inadequate selection of eligible bachelors. When Jane and Vincent receive a commission from a prominent family in…
Title: Magic in the Blood (Allie Beckstrom, #2) Author: Devon Monk Publisher: Penguin Books (ebook version) PublicationDate: July 2009 Ebook: 368 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy REVIEWED BY LAURA RATING: 6/10 GOODREADS SUMMARY: Working as a Hound—tracing illegal spells back to their casters—has taken its toll on Allison Beckstrom. But even though magic has given her migraines and stolen her recent memory, Allie isn’t about to quit. Then the police’s magic enforcement division asks her to consult on a missing persons case. But what seems to be a straightforward job turns…
Title: Magic to the Bone (Allie Beckstrom, #1) Author: Devon Monk Publisher: ROC PublicationDate: 8 Jan 2009 Paperback: 368 pages Genre: Urban Fantasy REVIEWED BY LAURA RATING: 6/10 – good GOODREADS SUMMARY: Using magic means it uses you back, and every spell exacts a price from its user. But some people get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent. Then it’s Allison Beckstrom’s job to identify the spell-caster. Allie would rather live a hand-to-mouth existence than accept the family fortune—and the strings that come with…
