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4.5 stars!

*This review contains spoilers if you haven't read the first 3 books in this series, but NO SPOILERS of this new novel.

Allie Besckstrom is back and I missed her dearly. This is one of my favorite series and was actually my first review ever, so I'm very happy to finally have gotten my hands on this 4th installment of this awesome series by Devon Monk.
After all that Allie has been through with almost dying because of the last wild-magic storm, forgetting the man she fell in love with, being possessed by her dad's spirit and finding out that there is much more to magic than she ever thought, Allie is finally an official member of the Authority and has been training for the past two months with her now official boyfriend, Zayvion Jones.
This have been great with their relationship and the training, but very early in the book we find out it is just the calm before the storm, literally. A wild-magic storm is on the way and its the Authority's job to make sure the magic surge don't hurt or kill the rest of the population of Portland.
There is a lot going on in this book and the action is non-stop. I read it in one sitting, i could not put it down for anything, but a bit of sleep last night hehe. I loved this book, all the great side characters of the previous ones are back and the stakes are even higher.
" `I'm staying right here with you,' Sayvion said. `Because I don't want to be anywhere in the world.' I inhaled in his words, felt the assurance of that promise reverberate through me. `Me too' I said"
I loved getting more of Zay and Allie's relationship, they are amazing together. It was awesome to get more of Zay's best friend Shamus and meet more members of the Authority.
There are a lot of questions asked with this books, it is definitely not the last book in the series, there is too much to find out. A war is brewing in the Authority and there is a lot of doubt about who are the good or bad guys, and it is never made clear.
There is also a heart breaking cliffhanger that just makes me want to read the next book more. There is a sneak peak at Magic at The Gate at the end of Magic on The Storm, which comes out in November, 2010.
The Allie Beckstrom Series is straight up Urban Fantasy and if you haven't read it yet, I seriously doubt your sanity =P

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Magic on the Storm Allie Beckstrom Book 4 Devon Monk 9780451463272 Books Reviews

Like the series but the main characters stubbornness is a bit too much at times. At one point I wondered why I was reading a book about such a stupid female lead. How many times do folks give her instructions NOT to do something & yet she does it anyway- even those she is supposed to trust?!?!??! If it weren't for the overly stupid things the lead does in this book I would have rated the book 4/5 instead of 3/5.
This is the fourth in the Allie Beckstom Novels. If you like the outline of the world the character lives in start with the "Magic to the Bone"

I got hooked into reading the series by a turned book in Borders. Read the front cover, then the back cover, and bought the first book in the series for my . The key plot elements start with in this contemporary setting magic has a physical cost, and leaves a trail behind. Allie is a hound, a magical private investigator that tracks people using magic against her clients, breaking the law, or just causing mischief. Magicians must determine the cost to be paid before casting a spell or magic will pick it for them. The cost is physical such as a headache, a cold, or muscle aches. Either the magician pays the cost or pays someone to take it for the. More powerful the magic the greater the cost. Magic has also been commercialized, buildings are wrapped in conduits to channel the magic the comes from magical storms into reservoirs under the city where it can be tapped by magicians.

This book advances the story from good guys versus bad guys to who can you trust and who are the good guys. This is not the heroes journey or great moralistic self searching kind of book. It is light reading at its best with character you are interested in, evolve and change through the books, have multiple dimensions, and talk in realistic but well crafted dialogue.

BTW this is my first review. I probably didn't give enough detail of the story but I don't want to give any spoilers either.
I strongly recommend you read the previous books in the series (Magic to the Bone, Magic in the Blood and Magic in the Shadows) prior to reading this installment.

This book started out really slow. This installment didn't seem like the ones before it. There wasn't a lot of deep mystery to it to entice the reader along and Allie seemed to be a bit impotent with her magic. There seem to be a bit of a lackluster about the story. This installment felt more like a building block for the next installment.

I love Allie and Zay together but in this installment they were together but they were very boring and the connection between them didn't seem rock solid. Meaning, I had no doubts that they were an item but they just seem to be so spark-less and mundane together.

Regardless of my disappointed with this particular installment, I still recommend this book, it wasn't entirely bad; just not up to the series usual standards. And like I noted it felt like a building block for the next book, so if you are into the series it would behoove you to pick up this quick read so you can be informed for the next book. I do look forward to Magic At the Gate due out 11/2/10.

I also recommend
Frost Moon
Cheat the Grave (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 5)
The Better Part of Darkness
Song of Scarabaeus
Master of None
4.5 stars!

*This review contains spoilers if you haven't read the first 3 books in this series, but NO SPOILERS of this new novel.

Allie Besckstrom is back and I missed her dearly. This is one of my favorite series and was actually my first review ever, so I'm very happy to finally have gotten my hands on this 4th installment of this awesome series by Devon Monk.
After all that Allie has been through with almost dying because of the last wild-magic storm, forgetting the man she fell in love with, being possessed by her dad's spirit and finding out that there is much more to magic than she ever thought, Allie is finally an official member of the Authority and has been training for the past two months with her now official boyfriend, Zayvion Jones.
This have been great with their relationship and the training, but very early in the book we find out it is just the calm before the storm, literally. A wild-magic storm is on the way and its the Authority's job to make sure the magic surge don't hurt or kill the rest of the population of Portland.
There is a lot going on in this book and the action is non-stop. I read it in one sitting, i could not put it down for anything, but a bit of sleep last night hehe. I loved this book, all the great side characters of the previous ones are back and the stakes are even higher.
" `I'm staying right here with you,' Sayvion said. `Because I don't want to be anywhere in the world.' I inhaled in his words, felt the assurance of that promise reverberate through me. `Me too' I said"
I loved getting more of Zay and Allie's relationship, they are amazing together. It was awesome to get more of Zay's best friend Shamus and meet more members of the Authority.
There are a lot of questions asked with this books, it is definitely not the last book in the series, there is too much to find out. A war is brewing in the Authority and there is a lot of doubt about who are the good or bad guys, and it is never made clear.
There is also a heart breaking cliffhanger that just makes me want to read the next book more. There is a sneak peak at Magic at The Gate at the end of Magic on The Storm, which comes out in November, 2010.
The Allie Beckstrom Series is straight up Urban Fantasy and if you haven't read it yet, I seriously doubt your sanity =P

Originally Posted at Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life {[...]}