Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world's most powerful elite organizations- the American Coven of Witches. Now that she is twenty-three and her mother is dead, the Elders can no longer deny her. But even Paige's wildest antics can't hold a candle to those of her new charge- an orphan who is all too willing to use her budding powers for evil... and evil is all too willing to claim her. For this girl is being pursued by a dark faction of the supernatural underworld. They are a vicious group who will do anything to woo the young, malleable, and extremely powerful neophyte, including commit murder- and frame Paige for the crime. It's an initiation into adulthood, womanhood, and the brutal side of magic that Paige will have to do everything within her power to make sure they both survive.
From Goodreads:
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 Goodreads:
Jaime, who knows a thing or two about showbiz, is on a television shoot in Los Angeles when weird things start to happen. As a woman whose special talent is raising the dead, her threshold for weirdness is pretty high: she's used to not only seeing dead people but hearing them speak to her in very emphatic terms. But for the first time in her life – as invisible hands brush her skin, unintelligible fragments of words are whispered into her ears, and beings move just at the corner of her eye–she knows what humans mean when they talk about being haunted.
She is determined to get to the bottom of these manifestations, but as she sets out to solve the mystery she has no idea how scary her investigation will get, or to what depths ordinary humans will sink in their attempts to gain supernatural powers. As she digs into the dark underside of Los Angeles, she'll need as much Otherworld help as she can get in order to survive, calling on her personal angel, Eve, and Hope, the well-meaning chaos demon. Jeremy, the alpha werewolf, is also by her side offering protection. And, Jaime hopes, maybe a little more than that.
My Review:
I wasn't planning on reading these books. I just felt compelled to after reading 2 collections of short stories. But I'm glad that I did, because it was just so sweet to watch Paige and Lucas fall in love, and Jaime and Jeremy start a romantic relationship!
Paige and Lucas together, it's so freaking cute! His precise and slightly stiff language, and how he's supposed to be the heir to his dad's cabal. And how she was raised to be the leader of the coven. They just fit together, and I loved reading the beginning of their journey together!
Industrial Magic is over 500 pages. That was a lot of story, from the case being in Miami, California, back to Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, yeah, it was all over the place! But we were introduced to some really amazing characters (again) like Jaime and Lucas's dad. So amazing!
It's funny, the short story in Otherworld Chills of Jaime and Jeremy was kinda like a sequel to No Humans Involved, because we got updates like the British guy went for demons and exorcisms and lost his show, and the directer did very well. So it was really great to come back to the story that preceded it, with it's mystery! Such a great read!
Absolutely loved reading these books again! They're just so freaking great!
Author: Kelley Armstrong
Series: Women of the Otherworld #3, 4, 7
First Read: 2011, 2011, 2011
Second Read: July 11th, 11th 2013, August 19th, 2013
Read: October 5th, 5th, 6th, 2017
Source: Own
Reason Why: Rereading! And they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2017 Books!
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: January 1st 2004, February 19th 2004, May 1st 2007
Dime Store Magic:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Industrial Magic:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
No Humans Involved:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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