Deadly Spells
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4.5 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Kickass Magical Enforcement Agent Kate Prospero must balance a dangerous Brazilian cartel, her troubled teenage brother, and a complex chemistry with her partner in this gritty fantasy thriller.
After the grisly murder of a dirty magic coven leader, Kate and The Magical Enforcement Agency team up with the local police to find the killer. When a tenacious reporter sticks her nose in both the investigation and Prospero's past in the covens, old ghosts resurface.
As the infighting between covens turns ugly, an all-out war brews in the slums of Babylon.
Deadly Spells is the third novel in the Prospero's War urban fantasy series that started with Dirty Magic and Cursed Moon.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the jumbled third Prospero's War magical mystery (after Cursed Moon), detective Kate Prospero finds that balancing work with her personal life is becoming increasingly challenging. When the leader of her former coven is murdered by a Brazilian shapeshifter, Kate and her colleagues at the Magical Enforcement Agency must battle to keep the cartels out of the magical underworld city of Babylon. Tensions between magical and nonmagical residents are already high with the election of the city's first Adept mayor, Kate's former boyfriend John Volos. The parallels of magic and drug addiction are still present, but less prominent than the relation of magic to organized violence. Wells also attempts to continue some strands from the previous two volumes, resulting in a somewhat disjointed structure and perfunctory mention of previously key relationships. The valiant attempts to deal with the Adept versus Mundane discrimination, particularly in Kate's love life and her brother's school life, end with a more idealistic than realistic resolution.
Customer Reviews
Excellent addition to a great series
The war rages on. It's still not clear what John is up to, but Kate's relationship with Danny is improving and Kate is learning a thing or two about herself and her past. Ms. Wells has written an engaging and gritty series, and I can't wait for the book four to find out what happens next.