Week 13 Review: Three Kinds of Lucky

From Goodreads:

Luck is its own kind of magic, in this first book in an electrifying new contemporary fantasy series from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows novels.

Petra Grady has known since adolescence that she has no talent for magic—and that's never going to change. But as a sweeper first-class, she's parlayed her rare ability to handle dross—the damaging, magical waste generated by her more talented kin's spellwork—into a decent life working at the mages' university.

Except Grady's relatively predictable life is about to be upended. When the oblivious, sexy, and oh-so-out-of-reach Benedict Strom needs someone with her abilities for a research project studying dross and how to render it harmless, she's stuck working on his team—whether she wants to or not.

Only Benedict doesn't understand the characteristics of dross like Grady does. After an unthinkable accident, she and Benedict are forced to go on the run to seek out the one person who might be able to help: an outcast exiled ten years ago for the crime of using dross to cast spells. Now Grady must decide whether to stick with the magical status quo or embrace her own hidden talents . . . and risk shattering their entire world.

My Review:
I had a fantastic time reading this book! I love her writing, and this book sounded really great! And oh, this world was so interesting, with the way that the magic worked, with the three types of people, and dross, it was so interesting! 

I really enjoyed Petra's story! She's in a dead end job where the people who create the mess that she cleans up treats her pretty poorly, and it was pretty frustrating, watching her have to deal with that. And of course things get complicated, between Benedict and his theory and everything that happens! 

The magic system was very scientific, and pretty dense, which was pretty interesting, that it took some elements from the element type magic system, and given it scientific principles and explanations. It did take me a minute after things were explained to really get it but once I did, yeah, it was pretty freaking cool!  

Oh, but that ending was so fantastic! I loved how the various elements came together, and deal with. And it has me so excited for where the series is going to go, this was a really fantastic jumping off point for this series! I can't wait to see what Petra is going to do next! 

This was such a great read and I can't wait to read more in this world! 

Author: Kim Harrison 
Series: The Shadow Age #1
Read: March 24th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Ace 
Published: March 5th 2024

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