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A review by spookshow
Death Magic by M.J. Kraus
3.0
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William Silver is a wizard from the most prestigious family in the fold. Though he's not exactly adept at magic. He works as a beat cop for a local police station, and investigates supernatural crime on the side. This one was supposed to be easy, infiltrate a bleed farm and save the humans that were enslaved there. However it turns into something a lot bigger than Will was anticipating. After dispatching a vamp, Will comes across an old book, apparently it belongs to someone pretty powerful, and also possesses a lot of power itself. But what the hell is it? And what is the being it belongs to planning on doing with it?
A great starter to a series. This story was a fantastic introduction to the character William Silver as well as the world he resides in. I found him to be sassy and fun as a character, and a litttllee bit arrogant, but not in an annoying way, if that makes sense. I really enjoyed the character of Sully and his wife Sam too. I love how fun and easy going this story was, even though the threat encountered was pretty massive it still came across as lighthearted which was great.
The only problem I had with it was possibly the pacing...the story itself was fine, and there was stuff happening, but for such a short story it seemed to take me way too long to finish it. I'm not sure if I was just having a lull in my reading enthusiasm or if the pacing of the story was just a bit off.
I'm definitely interested in continuing with the series, and I absolutely love the world building that Kraus executed in this story. Colour me intrigued.
William Silver is a wizard from the most prestigious family in the fold. Though he's not exactly adept at magic. He works as a beat cop for a local police station, and investigates supernatural crime on the side. This one was supposed to be easy, infiltrate a bleed farm and save the humans that were enslaved there. However it turns into something a lot bigger than Will was anticipating. After dispatching a vamp, Will comes across an old book, apparently it belongs to someone pretty powerful, and also possesses a lot of power itself. But what the hell is it? And what is the being it belongs to planning on doing with it?
A great starter to a series. This story was a fantastic introduction to the character William Silver as well as the world he resides in. I found him to be sassy and fun as a character, and a litttllee bit arrogant, but not in an annoying way, if that makes sense. I really enjoyed the character of Sully and his wife Sam too. I love how fun and easy going this story was, even though the threat encountered was pretty massive it still came across as lighthearted which was great.
The only problem I had with it was possibly the pacing...the story itself was fine, and there was stuff happening, but for such a short story it seemed to take me way too long to finish it. I'm not sure if I was just having a lull in my reading enthusiasm or if the pacing of the story was just a bit off.
I'm definitely interested in continuing with the series, and I absolutely love the world building that Kraus executed in this story. Colour me intrigued.