2 stars for Undercover Magic (Shifty Magic book 2) by Judy Teel.
Expectations are a funny thing. You take great delight in it when you are caught unaware but are filled with dismay when the expectations fail to live it up. Very often, I am a victim of my own expectations. I get disappointed hard and fast when the high hopes I pin on a book turn out vastly different. The thing is, who doesn't?
In Undercover Magic, our heroine, Addison Kittner is tasked to find the person behind the organization responsible for the manufacturing and peddling of drugs derived from vampires' venom. Faced with threats of harm coming to those she loves and cares for, a reluctant Addison has no choice but to seek and flush out said criminal by all means.
Regrettably, I do not find myself reading and enjoying this book. There are more things I dislike than like and together they make for a wearisome reading experience. For one, the writing has shifted from first person narration in book 1 Shifty Magic to a mixture of first and third person narration in this book 2. It feels as if the author cannot make up her mind on the type of narration she feels best and so settles for a in-between.
I understand that many authors enjoy weaving some kind of love triangle tales involving a vamp, a were and a human. Unfortunately, the idea is now so common that there is hardly anything endearing about such complicated relationships unless the plot is spectacularly tailor-made and does not involve making a century old vampire appear downright foolish in either behavior or action.
If the plot is broken down into its individual subplots, there is actually nothing seriously wrong. But when I view it as a whole, it is just not cut out for me.
Publisher: Judy P. Mills
Publication date: 10 Dec 2013
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A ruthless drug dealer that must be stopped…
Addison’s partner and on-the-sly boyfriend, werewolf FBI agent Cooper Daine, has been trying to find out who’s behind a powerful new drug made from vampire venom mixed with magic. But when he gets too close to the truth, he finds himself falsely accused of taking bribes from the very drug cartel he hunts.
Addison knows he’s innocent, but the FBI have other ideas and suddenly she finds herself in their sights. When they come knocking on her door and decide breaking it down is more effective, she does what any smart ex-street kid would, she runs. Next thing she knows, someone’s trying to assassinate Cooper, Lord Bellmonte is threatening to hurt her friends if she doesn’t find out who’s making the drug, and talented kid practitioners are disappearing from their school without a trace.
As the lies pile up, one thing becomes clear–the mastermind behind the drugs is someone more powerful and evil than anything she’s ever come up against. Addison doesn’t stand a chance of winning. Not without giving up the one thing she treasures most —
Her humanity.
*Blurb from author's website*
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