Industrial Magic
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Meet the smart, sexy -- supernatural -- women of the otherworld. This is not your mother's coven...Kelley Armstrong returns with the eagerly awaited follow-up to Dime Store Magic. Paige Winterbourne, a headstrong young woman haunted by a dark legacy, is now put to the ultimate test as she fights to save innocents from the most insidious evil of all.. . .In the aftermath of her mother's murder, Paige broke with the elite, ultraconservative American Coven of Witches. Now her goal is to start a new Coven for a new generation. But while Paige pitches her vision to uptight thirty-something witches in business suits, a more urgent matter commands her attention.Someone is murdering the teenage offspring of the underworld's most influential Cabals -- a circle of families that makes the mob look like amateurs. And none is more powerful than the Cortez Cabal, a faction Paige is intimately acquainted with. Lucas Cortez, the rebel son and unwilling heir, is none other than her boyfriend. But love isn't blind, and Paige has her eyes wide open as she is drawn into a hunt for an unnatural-born killer. Pitted against shamans, demons, and goons, it's a battle chilling enough to make a wild young woman grow up in a hurry. If she gets the chance.From the Paperback edition.
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12 primary books19 released booksOtherworld
Otherworld is a 19-book series with 12 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Skylar Dorset, Kelley Armstrong, and Jenna Elizabeth Johnson.
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This book was much slower paced than the previous. It went into a bit more detail about the dysfunction between the Cabals and some of the politics that surround them. I'm not one for politics, even if they are in the fantasy genre. I was happy to learn a little more about Cassandra and the type of vampires Armstrong has created. I would like to know more about Cassandra though; she seems to have quite the past that has only been hinted at so far.
I found the portrayal of the afterlife and the fates interesting, and Armstrong added another bunch of supernaturals to the mix. I will be waiting to see if she expands on these new races, though I do have to say that Jamie Vegas annoyed the hell out of me. I hope she does not get her own book, not sure if I could make it through that one. We also get to see the werewolves make an appearance, no doubt to entice readers who have not read the previous novels and while their time was short it was entertaining.
I know the next book centers on Eve and it will be an interesting read considering the bit of personality we were shown in this book.
Paige again! This one didn't quite get me the same way the first three novels in the series did, but it was still a great read. I adore Paige and Lucas, as well as Savannah – but the plot of this one was a little less exciting than the others have been, for some reason.
All in all I still enjoyed it greatly, and devoured it once I got my hands on it. Armstrong definitely knows how to keep my attention!
