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Magic to the Bone (Allie Beckstrom, Book 1)
Written by Devon Monk
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Average Score:
70(2)
Devon monk is casting a spell on the fantasy world...
Using magic means it uses you back, and every spell exacts a price from its user. But some people get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent. Then it’s Allison Beckstrom’s job to identify the spell-caster. Allie would rather live a hand-to-mouth existence than accept the family fortune—and the strings that come with it. But when she finds a boy dying from a magical Offload that has her father’s signature all over it, Allie is thrown back into his world of black magic. And the forces she calls on in her quest for the truth will make her capable of things that some will do anything to control...
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Book Details
Fantasy
Paperback,
368 Pages
Published
by Roc on November 04, 2008
ISBN-10 0451462408
ISBN-13 978-0451462404
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Reviews
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SFRevu
| Drew Bittner
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Review Rating: 80
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With a strong heroine, a great setting and an interesting new system of magic, Magic to the Bone is likely to give urban fantasy readers more of what they want: a worthy read.
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sffworld.com
| Rob H. Bedford
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Review Rating: 60
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The supporting characters (Allie's best friend; Allie's most recent step-mother; and rival Hound named Bonnie), the realistically evoked setting of Portland, and rapid pacing help to make Magic to the Bone an enjoyable novel and one I suspect is doing well and will do well with readers of Urban Fantasy.
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