Review: Volatile Bonds (Prospero's War #4) by Jaye Wells

3 stars for Volatile Bonds (Prospero's War book 4) by Jaye Wells.

.. and so Prospero's war continues to rage in this book 4 of the series where alchemy is the foundation of modern chemistry.

Adepts. Mundanes. Potions. Dirty Magic. Solar eclipse. One wedding. Two funerals. That about sums up this instalment of Kate Prospero's world.

Volatile Bonds may not be as volatile as its predecessors but it is not a case of total static either. The overall story is not too bad save for some annoying repetition about the ghost of the past coming back to haunt Prospero's partner in the Magic Enforcement Agency (MEA) task force and a few loose ends that are - perhaps deliberately - left dangling in the air.

Ok.. frankly speaking, I am kind of disappointed after reading the book, not for the lack in originality but for the loss in potential for more. I guess in a way, I am rooting a lot more for John Volos, Prospero's old squeeze, than I let on.

I really hope this is not the start of a downfall to an urban fantasy series that I quite enjoy reading. Also, I am keeping my fingers crossed on seeing more of Volos and snide remarks directed at him from Kate in the next book. Until then..


Publisher: Jaye Wells
Publication date: 19 Aug 2017

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DIRTY DEALS LEAD TO DEADLY ENDS.

When the Magic Enforcement Agency is called out to the scene of a dirty magic lab explosion, a body with a bullet wound is found in the smoldering ruins. As Detective Kate Prospero and her partner, Special Agent Drew Morales, hunt down the killer, they uncover evidence that a dangerous new coven may be operating in the Cauldron.

It’s not long before the bodies start piling up, and the heat is on for the team to make an arrest. Solving the murders will require unraveling dangerous alliances between the city’s dirty magic covens. And if they’re not careful, the new complexities of Morales and Prospero’s own partnership threaten to make a volatile situation downright deadly.

*Blurb from author's website*

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