Rag and Bone
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4.4 • 5 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
It’s amazing what people throw away…
Crispin Tredarloe never meant to become a warlock. Freed from his treacherous master, he’s learning how to use his magical powers the right way. But it’s brutally hard work. Not everyone believes he’s a reformed character, and the strain is putting unbearable pressure on his secret relationship with waste-man Ned Hall.
Ned’s sick of magic. Sick of the trouble it brings, sick of its dangerous grip on Crispin and the miserable look it puts in his eyes, and sick of being afraid that a gentleman magician won’t want a street paper-seller forever—or even for much longer.
But something is stirring among London’s forgotten discards. An ancient evil is waking up and seeking its freedom. And when wild magic hits the rag-and-bottle shop where Ned lives, a panicking Crispin falls back onto bad habits. The embattled lovers must find a way to work together—or London could go up in flames.
Customer Reviews
Of paper and pen and Scarborough Fair
This book and the previous one, A Queer Trade, tell of a romance set in the dark streets of London where a man of colour owns his dignity by working honestly in a trade which would be looked down upon by some and a young man of magic who finds himself in a spot of bother.
Crispin is now free of his evil mentor who had been teaching him dark, warlocky magic for his own evil ends, and he is being tutored to guide him towards an acceptable type of magic, one that is not against the law. Ned continues his trade of buying and selling paper and Crispin and Ned both enjoy the time they get to spend together.
But things are not going so well with Crispin and at the same time strange happenings are occurring, starting with a nasty incidence at the business next door to Ned’s.
I began to seriously feel quite concerned and panicky regarding both Crispin and Ned.
This is another excellent book where real fact is mixed in with fiction to give the story some backbone and depth.
Love it.
5 stars.