Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Book Review: Devon Monk's Allie Beckstrom Series

I could probably break this series up, book by book but it seemed a better idea to write one rave review than several. While I have my favorite installments in the Allie Beckstrom series, I truly enjoyed each book individually.




Starting out with Magic to the Bone, Allie Beckstrom is a smartass woman in a tough career in a world where magic exists and wielders pay a price for every spell they cast (there are proxies but let's not get into that yet). Allie is a Hound for hire with complex relationships and a tendency to talk to herself (like most of us, often the most intelligent conversation of the day). In Allie's world, Portland (Oregon) is a major magic hub that keeps her busy hunting down illegal spell-casters and more until the blowback sets her on a path she never saw coming.

Zayvion Jones is the "Zen" love interest with his own secrets, Nola is her best friend who is completely oblivious to magic, and then there's her estranged father whose death sets Allie on a collision course with the most powerful magic users in the world.

Laced with humor and complicated relationships, the Allie Beckstrom series is an easy, enjoyable read - I could finish a book in a few hours if uninterrupted. Here's the order, one through nine, for those who are ready to start the journey I just completed!

#1 Magic to the Bone
#2 Magic in the Blood
#3 Magic in the Shadows
#4 Magic on the Storm
#5 Magic at the Gate
#6 Magic on the Hunt
#7 Magic on the Line
#8 Magic Without Mercy
#9 Magic for a Price

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