Magic to the Bone
Devon Monk is casting a spell on the fantasy world...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...
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Devon Monk is casting a spell on the fantasy world...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 it. But when she finds a boy dying from a magical Offload that has her father’s signature all over it, Allie is thrown back into his world of black magic. And the forces she calls on in her quest for the truth will make her capable of things that some will do anything to control...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780451462404 (0451462408)
ASIN: 451462408
Publish date: November 4th 2008
Publisher: Roc
Pages no: 355
Edition language: English
Series: Allie Beckstrom (#1)
In this world anyone can use magic. Magic was "discovered." However, magic comes with a price that user must pay. And, of course, people being assholes, could choose to not pay the price and "Offload" it someone else. That's where Allie comes in. She is a Hound and finds those that abuse magic. So, ...
3.25 starsI listened to the audio bookAllie Beckstrom works as a Hound, sniffing out illegal magic use for paying customers. Her father is the head of Beckstrom Industries, a company that has made a fortune harnessing magic so the masses can use it – for a price. Allie lives in a crappy, run-down ap...
This book has been on my to-read list for ...years, probably. A long time, anyway. I've picked it up, read a few pages, put it back down. Picked it up, something turned me off on it, and I put it back down. I've listened to it in audiobook form, tried the physical book, tried the ebook, and it just ...
I enjoyed this book, you never knew what was gonna happen with the turn of the page so you kept right on turning it. One minute you loved Zavian the next you didn't trust him. Allie sure knows how to find trouble just by walking in a room or out of one. Not gonna give details though. It is a kind of...
So my brain is still recovering from the weekend, So lets just hope what ever is said next makes some sense. Magic to the Bone was a really good Urban Fantasy. When UF (Urban Fantasy) is done well I don't care that it's similar to the other books in its genre i just adore the shit out of it. And M...