29th Jan
Sophia Rose is here with a review of the second novel in the Magic for Hire paranormal romance series. Come check out her thoughts on Ancient Magic by Alexandra Ivy filled with mages, vampires and more.
Ancient Magic
by Alexandra Ivy
Series: Magic for Hire #2
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Source: Purchase
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Return to bestselling author Alexandra Ivy’s new Magic for Hire series, where the witches of a small New Jersey bookstore discover a secret dormant for centuries—and one woman unlocks the passion of a solitary heart . . .
The Vampire Cabal meets only under the direst circumstances. But since Skye Claremont’s coven proved wild magic has returned, the cabal has gathered in New York City to decide the fate of the powerful mages.
Skye doubts her oracular powers can help. After ten years indentured to a demon gang, paying off her father’s gambling debts with visions, her freedom has come despite her weak abilities, not because of them. But when her father sends a text to demand a meeting, she doesn’t need to read the future to know trouble will follow.
The demons want her to kidnap Micha, the reclusive, fearsome leader of the New Orleans vampire cabal. As if a low-voltage witch like her could succeed. But when Skye looks into Micha’s eyes, she sees certain doom if she doesn’t take him to their stronghold after all. Spellbound more by beauty and intrigue than magic, the vampire follows her into the dark of a demon cell. When the door slams behind them, they’ll have to unravel the tangled threads of prophecy and politics that make the way forward immeasurably dangerous. But it’s desire that could undo them both . . .
Sophia Rose’s Review
A politically-fraught meeting of powerful vampire rulers and a seer who envisions a fiery future if an insidious plot isn’t stopped. Alexandra Ivy continues to write stellar paranormal romance in an exciting, engaging new world full of all sorts of powerful supernaturals.
Ancient Magic is the second Magic for Hire entry and tells the sweet, generous-hearted seer mage, Skye’s romance story. It can standalone to some extent, but works best following Wild Magic when all the primary characters were introduced.
Skye’s a cursed gift at best and lesser in her eyes to her friends’ Maya and Peri’s abilities. Her own father sold her to a demon gang and she had to work off his debt. However, since being taken in by Maya and having a found family of sisters with her and Peri, Skye’s life has turned around.Â
Things are well until the Vampire Cabal reps come to NYC to look over Peri’s wild magic power and determine if she’s a threat. Suddenly Skye is getting a doom and gloom forecasting and she can’t keep her thoughts off the attractive vampire, Micha, from New Orleans. But then someone goes and kidnaps them and she sees that there are plots within plots going on. It will take all the mages working with the vamps to keep the end of the world at bay.
Skye and Micha’s early attraction brings them together on an adventure, but I was glad that it was also the slower burn sort since there really is so much going on. While this is Skye’s book, the narrative does flip to other characters like Maya, Peri, and Valen getting page time when events in the investigation proceed away from Skye and Micha.
I enjoyed their sexy sort of friends to lovers romance paired with the twists and turns of the supernatural action going on around and with them at the center. The drama is exterior and there is little conflict for this pair in their romance. Skye sees herself poorly and Micha works to show her that she is much more than she believes. Maya’s role was bigger in this latest and now I can’t wait for the vampire-hating lead mage to get her story.Â
Definitely recommend to those who enjoy old-school paranormal romance style.
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About Alexandra Ivy
Alexandra Ivy graduated from Truman University with a degree in theatre before deciding she preferred to bring her characters to life on paper rather than stage. She started her career writing traditional regencies before moving into the world of paranormal with her USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times bestselling series The Guardians of Eternity. Now she writes a wide variety of genres that include paranormal, erotica, and romantic suspense.
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