Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
The second Prospero's War magical investigation (after Dirty Magic) showcases Wells's skill with character development. When high-profile covens in Babylon are robbed of dangerous illegal potions, Det. Kate Prospero and the Magic Enforcement Agency taskforce are pulled in to investigate. Kate has her personal battles to fight, hiding her recent slip into illegal magic use as well as surviving the chaos that comes from the magic-enhancing blue moon. The search for the thief forces Kate to come to terms with her own troublesome past before her secrets emerge-and possibly destroy her relationships with her partner, her best friend, and her brother. The tension remains high as the story shifts easily among the magical and mundane politics of the investigation, the ongoing work to control the city during the blue moon, and Kate's miserable guilt. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Review by Library Journal Review
Having received a promotion to detective and earned a permanent place on the Magic Enforcement Agency (MEA) of the city of Babylon, Kate Prospero should be sitting on top of the world. But a renegade wizard has been stealing from some powerful magicians as part of a plan to brew chaos during the upcoming blue moon, and Kate and her partner Morales must stop him. Characters remain a strength for Wells, starting with Kate and her fellow agents but including supporting characters such as best friend Pen and elderly Wiccan neighbor Baba as well. VERDICT While not quite the breakout urban fantasy that marked Wells's first title (Dirty Magic), this series is growing in strong ways. We are starting to see more of the covens, specifically the O's sex magic cult, in this outing and witness Kate dealing with her conflicted feeling about magic. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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