
Set in Colonial America, this book gave me enough detail to "see" Boston as it was, yet the descriptions weren't intrusive. D.B. Jackson's take on magic isn't one I've see before and I have especially enjoyed the concept and manner in which he used a spirit guide for his main character. Speaking of the MC, Ethan Kaille is fascinating. His past, his present, his friends, his enemies...I've enjoyed it all. Layered and complex, it felt real. I'm not sure I've seen an author hurt his main character so often or in so many different ways in one novel. Jackson skillfully kept me turning pages.

After that I'm hoping to read some Faith Hunter, Kat Richardson, Jeanne C. Stein, oh and of course, CITY OF WONDERS by our Monday Man-Whore James A. Moore because I dig his SEVEN FORGES series.