Magic to the Bone
Like everything, magic has a cost. In the case of black magic, it can exact a deadly bargain, but spell casters have learned to offload the high toll on some unknowing innocent. Allison Beckstrom would prefer not to know these things, would prefer to live a quiet moonlight life as a Hound, but...
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Like everything, magic has a cost. In the case of black magic, it can exact a deadly bargain, but spell casters have learned to offload the high toll on some unknowing innocent. Allison Beckstrom would prefer not to know these things, would prefer to live a quiet moonlight life as a Hound, but she can't ignore the victims of her father's dark sorcery. The convincing debut of an urban fantasy series.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101078914 (110107891X)
Publish date: November 4th 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 244
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...
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