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Street Magic

af Caitlin Kittredge

Serier: Black London (1)

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"Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger -than-life mage who thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack summoned killed him before Pete's eyes--or so she thought. Now a detective, Pete is investigating the kidnapping of a young girl from the streets of London-- a case that brings her face to face with Jack. Strung out on heroin, Jack is a shadow of his former self. But he's able to tell Pete exactly where Bridget's kidnappers are hiding: in the supernatural shadow-world of the fey. Pete follows Jack into the fey underworld, where she hopes to discover the truth about what happened to Bridget-- and what happened to Jack on that dark day so long ago."--P. [4] of cover.… (mere)
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Viser 1-5 af 33 (næste | vis alle)
ok for a first book in an urban fantasy series this was pretty good. It gave you the details needed to set up the series, but didn't bombard you with back story details. And it was a "light" story, I mean as I was picturing things in this story I could picture it all being all dark and drab, making the story itself pop out more. I read a piece of the next book and I must say I can't wait to read it. ( )
  hixxup79 | Feb 23, 2020 |
I liked it even though the main characters seem so miserable. There is a lot of angst between Jack and Pete. They are not very nice to each other and it’s a wonder they stick together. It’s an unlikely partnership. I like the world they are in but don’t really believe that Pete USA very good cop and she probably won’t keep her job if she continues the path she is on. Jack is a mess, not very likeable but I was still rooting for them both to succeed. ( )
  bm2ng | Apr 9, 2019 |
I really enjoyed this book, although it was a bit slow starting up. I enjoyed the fact that Jack wasn't the perfect male that appears in many of these books. Overall, a promising start to a new series. ( )
  Catz314 | Oct 9, 2018 |
As a young girl of 16, the hero was like a God. He was larger than life, could do no wrong. She would have done anything for him and often did. In turn he brought her nothing but pain and heart ache. One night while attempting to summon a demon, everything went wrong and the hero died screaming and the heroine was permitted traumatized. Now, all these years later while on the case of a missing girl, the heroine is stunned to get a visit from the living hero (if one can call him that) He tells her where to find the girl before making his disgust with her known and disappearing back into the world of drugs and junkies. But when another 2 children go missing the heroine tracks him down and imprisons him in her house to detox. Though the heroine still feeling such a deep connection with the man, she's stronger now. She's bad as in her own right and she utterly refuses to accept the hero's bullshit melodrama. Together, reluctantly, they work together to defeat the spirit who's kidnapping and killing children, along the way learning to trust each other in whatever way they can. I was really torn about this novel. On one hand it's fantastically writing with an engaged plot, charismatic characters each majorly flawed in their own way. I serious could not put it down because it was such a thrill ride of a story. BUT, it's not a romance. It's a fantasy with very slight hint of romance. I was so disappointed because if the author kept the sexual tension the characters had in the first chapter I would have been over the moon in love with this book. But as such, the characters barely liked each other and by the end they had nothing more than a friendship. The heroine was defiantly in love with the hero, that much was obvious but he was such a hard man to like let alone love. The hero, I truly felt he didn't care for anything other than himself for the majority of the book. Towards the end you could tell he felt something for her and in his own way cared for her but it was so not a love affair. I can't fault the author for this because it's listed as a fantasy but I'm a romance lover so I wanted something between the characters so badly. I was in love with the heroine who is a kick ass take names woman with a soft heart. I liked the hero with his vanity, overwhelming power and the fact that you felt as the heroine did- he was invincible. But again he wasn't a very nice man. The only reason he agrees to search for the children if to regain his reputation in the magic community. I freaking loved the language of this book. It was fowl and raw and genuine. I loved the London accent and the phrasing the characters used because it was honest. I'm so torn about this book but I'll give it a 3 star and maybe the next book will have a bit more romance to it! ( )
  Eden00 | May 14, 2016 |
Combine the mannerisms of John Constantine from Hellblazer, the looks of Spike from Buffy, and complete incompetence, and what do you get? Jack Winter, the most disappointing street mage I've read yet. Supposedly this is set in England: the only way I can tell is that Jack says "bloody hell" every page, calls women "luv," and smokes Parliaments. Otherwise, nothing really marks this as London; it could have been set in any modern city and been the exact same story.

The uninspired, generic feel of the story could still have been saved by a good plot, solid police work, or a consistent magic system. Alas, we are let down there as well. The plot stalls for long periods, during which Pete and Jack banter and say "bloody hell" as often as possible, and then every few chapters Kittredge seems to remember that stuff has to happen for this to count as a novel. Random magic users attack, mock Jack for being over the hill, threaten Pete with rape, and then get killed or stunned. (I literally lost count of how many times sorcerers try to assault Pete, including interrupting their own climactic magical ritual in order to try to rape her at knife point. So tedious and nonsensical.) Pete has supposedly been a cop for years, but she never does any police work or uses any associated skills or connections. And the magic doesn't follow any sort of system at all, not even the dreamy fairy-tale logic of McKillip or Gaiman--it just works (or doesn't work) in whatever way the plot requires it to do at that moment.

Every single character is incompetent, the plot meanders, and the two main characters are annoying. They repeatedly risk their lives (even stab themselves in the stomach!) to save each other, all based on three days and less than three months' acquaintance twelve years ago. They never manage to make incredibly obvious logical connections, or follow up on leads, being too busy yelling at each other about how important they are to each other.

Overall, mediocre, stupid, and forgettable. ( )
  wealhtheowwylfing | Feb 29, 2016 |
Viser 1-5 af 33 (næste | vis alle)
I really wanted to like this book. I really did like it, but I kept getting kicked out when one more thing would remind me of how this could just as easily be a novelization of a Hellblazer story, though of course it isn't.

What's disappointing about this is that Kittredge has the writing chops and imagination to spare. She shows flare and originality throughout Street Magic, except with this one character. Unfortunately, this character is a major one, and unlike borrowing from folklore or mythology, he's not up for grabs.
 

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"Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger -than-life mage who thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack summoned killed him before Pete's eyes--or so she thought. Now a detective, Pete is investigating the kidnapping of a young girl from the streets of London-- a case that brings her face to face with Jack. Strung out on heroin, Jack is a shadow of his former self. But he's able to tell Pete exactly where Bridget's kidnappers are hiding: in the supernatural shadow-world of the fey. Pete follows Jack into the fey underworld, where she hopes to discover the truth about what happened to Bridget-- and what happened to Jack on that dark day so long ago."--P. [4] of cover.

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