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Unsympathetic Magic (2010)

by Laura Resnick(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0756406358 (ISBN13: 9780756406356)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

DAW

series

Esther Diamond

review 1: In this one Esther has scored a small part on a cop show called The Dirty Thirty. While out on location for some filming one night she sees a guy get attacked by things that look like gargoyles. After much confusion and misunderstanding (based on her costume) when Esther finally tells the police that the guy said his name was Darius Phelps. They investigate and find out Darius died three weeks ago. Lopez thinks someone is playing a prank, Esther and Max think its a zombie and someone involved in Vodou is stealing bodies and raising the dead.I liked this one quite a bit. I really liked that the mystery involved the Vodou and learning the names of those gods and stuff was quite interesting and mystical and I thought it was worked into the story pretty well. I really want to ... morelearn more about Lopez and all that stuff surrounding him, but I wish since he's been around for these mysteries and some of the stuff that's happened, if he'd just stop being so stubborn and open his eyes he'd see that Esther isn't making this stuff up and stop saying she needs to get help. Then they could MAYBE make some progress instead of one wanting to make things work and the other pulling back (and they've been flip flopping on that). Its frustrating. I liked that in this one the reveal for who the baddie was just kind of crept up on you, probably since Esther didn't know who it was. Overall I thought this book was a pretty good read. It was fun and funny at times and the characters have grown on me. I'm looking forward to reading the next one in this series.. ohh vampires!
review 2: Poor Esther, even when she gets a good role something bad happens. While she is playing a hooker on The Dirty Thirty TV show zombies, angry spirits and a voodoo curse threaten everything. Enter Esther’s sometime boyfriend Connor Lopez, a New York City detective and Dr. Maximilian Zadok , a 350 year old sorcerer whose day job is to protect New York City. Again this is a set up for disaster. Connor does not believe in magic and Esther is right in the middle of a plot full of good and bad magic. Will these two ever get together?This is the third book in the Esther Diamond series. I found it to be slow going at first but once the pace picked up it was filled with fun and humor. Unsympathetic Magic can be read as a stand-alone but I recommend starting with the first book. The other two books in the series are Disappearing Nightly and Doppelgangster. less

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