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 Hard Magic (Paranormal Scene Investigations Book 01) by Laura Anne Gilman |
Description: Welcome to P.U.P.I. – Private, Unaffiliated, Paranormal Investigations A handpicked team trained to solve crimes the regular police can’t touch – crimes of magic. My name’s Bonnie Torres. Recent college grad, magic user and severely unemployed. Until I got a call out of nowhere to interview for a job I hadn’t applied for. It smelled fishy, but the brutal truth was I needed the work – so off I went. Two days later I’m a PUPI – me and Nick, Sharon, Nifty and Pietr. Five twentysomethings, thrown into an entirely new career in forensic magic. The first job we get is a doozy: proving that the deaths of two Talents were murder, not suicide. Worse, there are high-profile people who want us to close up shop and go away. We’re sniffing out things they’d rather keep buried. Looks as if this job is gonna get interesting. The only problem is, we’re making it up as we go along.. Buy From: |
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Review:Hard magic is the first book in a new series based in the same universe as her famous Retriever Series.
The P.U.P.I (Private, Unaffiliated, Paranormal Investigations) is an organization that is mentioned a couple of times in the Retriever books but their origins and manifesto were never told. This book makes up for the lack and introduces us to the P.U.P.I and takes us through their first case.
The storyline was fun and clean and the characters were well defined. Even though its set in the same universe as the Retriever books none of the characters from them appeared in this book though it might change in the future books.
As this was the first book a lot of groundwork was laid before the actual story started but none of it was too tedious or boring, which was good.
The ending not one that answered all the questions but I think that was intentional so that the next novel has a base to start from. But even though it didn’t answer all questions it was a fun read.
Final Recommendation: A fun read