Magic in the Blood

Really good! Even better than the first one. I'm enjoying Allie. Bekstrom as a character- she is feisty but also vulnerable. She doesn't know everything and she gets things wrong. This book set up a lot of partial information that I am dying to find out more about. After the Insta lust of the first......more

OK. I’m in. This second book in the Allie Beckstrom series has solidified my investment in these stories, and I know I am definitely going to keep reading. If you haven’t read book one, you need to start there, and be warned, there are spoilers for that book ahead. We begin with the premise from that......more

There are some books, from the first page you know if it’s for you, and this was one such book for me. Magic in the Blood focuses on a police case of missing girls, some freaky visitors from beyond the veil of death who keep attacking her at the first sight of her magic, and a neighbor bordering on......more

I complain sometimes about urban fantasy heroines who keep racking up more and more improbable powers over the course of a series, eventually becoming such spectacular demigoddesses that it would take a small army to give them so much as a black eye. That's one problem Allie Beckstrom doesn't have. I......more

Magic with a twist. Devon Monk's second 'Allie Beckstrom' book, "Magic In the Blood" is just as good as the first. This world is filled with magic available for those who can use it...provided they're willing to pay the price. That price is pain. Small magics? Maybe a headache, fever, or a light ras......more