"In a world where magic runs beneath the city, there are always those who will abuse it."
Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted February 25, 2009
Fantasy Urban
Modern day Portland, Allie Beckstrom has been given the
best training possible in detecting the misuse of magic and
the opportunity to work with her father in a large
corporation he founded. Instead, Allie has turned her back
on her father and his fortune. She works for anyone who
needs her help to expose those who misuse their magic to
make someone else bear the burden of that use. Portland discovered that magic could be harvested and
retained. Those with the ability to use it also must
accept that cost of that use. Whether the cost is in the
form of a physical illness or the loss of some memory.
There are those who want to use magic without paying the
cost; and there people who they can hire to pass that cost
onto some unsuspecting individual. When Allie is called to the aid of a young boy who is dying
from an offload of magic, she finds her fathers signature
all over it. Even after father denies it, Allie is
convinced that he lied to her. When Allie's father is killed and her signature is all over
his death, Allie will have to prove her innocence while
discovering who is abusing the magic. Allie will only have
two people to depend on. One a friend she trusts
implicitly and the other is a man she doesn't know if she
can trust. Zayvion has several reasons for keeping an eye on Allie.
First, he was hired by her father to try and bring her back
to the company. He also works for her stepmother. His
final reason is the disturbance in the magic that has been
wrought lately. MAGIC TO THE BONE is a fantastic book. Well-written with
characters
that are so real you'd swear you'd met them. The story is
compelling and it's very hard to put down. If you like
urban fantasy, you will want to search this one out. I
can't wait for the next installment.
SUMMARY
Everything has a cost. And every act of magic exacts a price
from its user--maybe a two-day migraine, or losing the
memory of your first kiss. But some people want to use magic
without paying, and they offload the cost onto an innocent. When that happens, it falls to a Hound to identify the
spell's caster--and Allison Beckstrom's the best there is. Daughter of a prominent Portland businessman, Allie would
rather moonlight as a Hound than accept the family
fortune--and the many strings that come with it. But when
she discovers a little boy dying from a magical offload that
has her father's signature all over it, Allie is thrown back
into the high-stakes world of corporate espionage and black
magic. Now, Allie's out for the truth--and the forces she finds
herself calling on will overturn everything she knows,
change her in ways she could never imagine...and make her
capable of things that powerful people will do anything to
control.
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