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Summary
“Twenty-something bartender Jason Bishop’s world is shattered when his estranged father commits suicide, but the greater shock comes when he learns his father was a secret agent in the employ of the Invisible Hand; an ancient society of spies wielding magic in a centuries-spanning war. Now the Golden Dawn―the shadowy cabal of witches and warlocks responsible for Daniel Bishop’s murder, and the death of Jason’s mother years before―have Jason in their sights. His survival will depend on mastering his own dormant magic abilities; provided he makes it through the training.
From New York, to Paris, to worlds between worlds, Jason’s journey through the realm of magic will be fraught with peril. But with enemies and allies on both sides of this war, whom can he trust? The Invisible Hand, who’ve been more of a family than his own family ever was? The Golden Dawn, who may know the secrets behind his mysterious lineage? For Jason Bishop, only one thing is for certain; the magic he has slowly been mastering is telling him not to trust anybody.”
-From Amazon.com
Review
This book was a wild ride from the beginning to the end. The first thing that caught my attention was the fact that one of the more important characters had my name, and since my name is so unique, I was really really excited. So, from the beginning, I immediately was drawn into the book.
It had some slow moments – but because it’s for adults.
It did have a few moments of being slow. Like, it was a pretty big book for what the story was about. It is considered to be an adult book, so if it was a YA, some of the bits and pieces would have been cut out, so I had to keep reminding myself that it was an adult book, so it wasn’t always fast paced. It had quiet moments, which isn’t always a bad thing. Just for me, because of the story, I kept feeling like it was YA and would have to remind myself that it actually wasn’t.
The cussing was a little extreme, but it went with characters dialects.
There was a lot of cussing within the story. Like, f-bombs were flying left and right. Personally, I’m not always a fan when there is cursing in a book. If it is placed properly, then I get it, but sometimes it is just too excessive. The character was even written to call another character out on his use of foul language, which I thought was humorous, but still, a little unnecessary. It seemed that certain characters chose those words though.
Characters actually had accents.
I thought it was pretty impressive how Mr. Abraham wrote the accents of some of the characters, with their British and cockney slang and such. I’m so used to reading something like, “And X spoke with a slight British accent…” instead of their sentences actually being written in the way they would sound. It kind of helped imagine how they would speak as you were reading what they were saying. I did really love that about the book.
The spaces he created were impressive.
The author certainly does have a way with words though. He was able to create these massive spaces in such an elegant way. I had to re-read a few sections, just because the spaces he created were so massive I had to really read it deeply to fully visualize the space. It was clearly laid out in his explanation, so you didn’t need to use the imagination to fully create it, but you had to follow what he was saying otherwise you would be slightly lost in what was going on. For me, I don’t generally love overly detailed explanations, but because of what the author was trying to create within this book, the explanations were necessary to understand how the Magic worked and how it created this space. I really did think the explanations did a marvelous job!
It was definitely a page turner.
So this was one of those books that really kept me guessing. I never saw the ending coming and wouldn’t have guessed the outcome either. It was one of those books that you thought you had figured it out and then suddenly the author threw a curve ball at you and you were like ‘Ohhhhh, shietttttt’. I love when a book does that, and this book certainly did that. I wanted to fly through it to find out what happened next.
Overall, I really loved the book and would definitely recommend it! It kept me entertained and I really did enjoy it. Would I read it again? Just possibly because it was so detailed, I might need to to relive some of the scenes.
For that, I give it a 4.5/5 teacups!
Happy Reading!
