Three Kinds of Lucky
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3.8 • 6 Ratings
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Luck is its own kind of magic, in this first book in an electrifying new contemporary fantasy series from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows novels.
Petra Grady has known since adolescence that she has no talent for magic—and that’s never going to change. But as a sweeper first-class, she’s parlayed her rare ability to handle dross—the damaging, magical waste generated by her more talented kin’s spellwork—into a decent life working at the mages’ university.
Except Grady’s relatively predictable life is about to be upended. When the oblivious, sexy, and oh-so-out-of-reach Benedict Strom needs someone with her abilities for a research project studying dross and how to render it harmless, she’s stuck working on his team—whether she wants to or not.
Only Benedict doesn’t understand the characteristics of dross like Grady does. After an unthinkable accident, she and Benedict are forced to go on the run to seek out the one person who might be able to help: an outcast exiled ten years ago for the crime of using dross to cast spells. Now Grady must decide whether to stick with the magical status quo or embrace her own hidden talents . . . and risk shattering their entire world.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With this ambitious if unwieldy urban fantasy, bestseller Harrison (Demons of Good and Evil) launches a new series in which magic and luck are inextricably linked. Petra Grady is incapable of working magic, but able to see and manipulate dross, the misfortune-causing waste produced by magical workings. She finds work as a sweeper, cleaning up after careless mages and keeping the magical world secret from mundane society. Despite the necessity of her job, she's looked down upon in the hierarchy of magic users in St. Unoc, Ariz. That changes when her long-estranged best friend, Dr. Benedict Strom, requests her assistance on a project that could alter the balance between magic, dross, and shadow—dangerous energy attracted to dross. When catastrophe strikes, Petra discovers she may be the only person capable of saving the city from further disaster. While the premise and characters have promise, this opener expends a lot of ink setting up the series at the expense of the story at hand. Between establishing the world, exploring the complex magic system, and radically upending Petra's status quo, the results feel overstuffed. Hopefully future installments will take more time to breathe.
