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jess_justmaybeperfect's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Flight of Magpies is the third book in the series and you must read the first two before this one. The MCs meet in book 1.
Lucien is an Earl, reluctantly returned to England after the mysterious deaths of his father and brother. Stephen is a Magician, reluctantly (no fan of brother or father) assisting Lucien with a number of magical emergencies. Throughout the series Lucien and Stephen conquer adversaries (human and magical), fail to resist an intense attraction, build a strong group of friends, have evergreen arguments about work/life balance, address their mutual power imbalances, and fall in love.
It’s fun, hot, funny, mysterious, and there are romantic magical tattoos.
Lucien is an Earl, reluctantly returned to England after the mysterious deaths of his father and brother. Stephen is a Magician, reluctantly (no fan of brother or father) assisting Lucien with a number of magical emergencies. Throughout the series Lucien and Stephen conquer adversaries (human and magical), fail to resist an intense attraction, build a strong group of friends, have evergreen arguments about work/life balance, address their mutual power imbalances, and fall in love.
It’s fun, hot, funny, mysterious, and there are romantic magical tattoos.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Blood
Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage
hex_meghead's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I hated the side pairing of Merrick and Saint . It ruined both characters for me and felt incredibly forced.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual content
cyberhavok's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Body horror, Murder, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit, Antisemitism, and Miscarriage
juchan's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
This review is for the whole trilogy:
I expected a fairly entertaining but otherwise unremarkable little romance fantasy. But hell I loved the trilogy. The story, the magic, the characters. Just amazing. It was unique and lovely and tense and beautiful. The realtionships were great and KJ Charles somehow managed to balnce everything perfectly in just a few pages. The adventure, the love, sex, friendship, magic and so on. And it feels like the whole world could be expanded and lots more stories could be told. I sincerely hope so.
I expected a fairly entertaining but otherwise unremarkable little romance fantasy. But hell I loved the trilogy. The story, the magic, the characters. Just amazing. It was unique and lovely and tense and beautiful. The realtionships were great and KJ Charles somehow managed to balnce everything perfectly in just a few pages. The adventure, the love, sex, friendship, magic and so on. And it feels like the whole world could be expanded and lots more stories could be told. I sincerely hope so.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Medical content
Minor: Animal death, Murder, Miscarriage, Addiction, Drug use, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Alcohol, Torture, and Rape
Most of the content that is named is briefly mentioned and doesn't go into detail. Except of course sexual content since it is a very steamy romance. (If you are not into gay couples maybe skip this one). There is also a relationship with a rather big age gap. Violence is also a topic that is rather detailled as well as death since it is about solving rather hidious crimes in a sense. If you are not good with reading about blood, torture, death and violence I would refrain from reading this series.madscientistcat's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage
pvbobrien's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Torture, Blood, Classism, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Miscarriage
20sidedbi's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Stalking, Infertility, and Classism
Minor: Antisemitism
wilybooklover's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Body horror, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Torture and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Homophobia
mallorypen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The final installment of this trilogy more than made up for the slower second book! This was tightly plotted, with wonderful tension across the relationships and the overarching plotline, and a very satisfying conclusion. I absolutely loved Crane’s final confession of love while wildly insulting his captors, and Stephen’s acceptance of Crane’s affections, seeing himself as enough of a “trade” in the relationship, was a good conclusion to their story arc.
The lyrics at the end in the short story were kind of awkward, but there you go.
The lyrics at the end in the short story were kind of awkward, but there you go.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Violence
Minor: Vomit
booksthatburn's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
FLIGHT OF MAGPIES beautifully wraps up the trilogy "A Charm of Magpies" with serious discussions and passionate sex while Crane and Stephen try to reconcile one's overly demanding job investigating murders and the other's need to leave England.
This was a great end to the trilogy, I feel good about where the characters are literally and emotionally at the end of it, and I have a sense of what they’ll do next. There is a related book which continues the story of a minor character from FLIGHT OF MAGPIES, but as far as I can tell the story of Crane and Stephen is finalized here. It wraps up a bunch of stuff from the previous books, even reaching back to close things left open or ambiguous from book one. There is a storyline (the murders and immediate danger) which start here and weren't present previously, but this is by no means a stand alone book. It has a major thing introduced and resolved wholly within this volume. As the last book in the series, does a great job of wrapping up things from the trilogy as a whole and it feels finished. I'd happily read more in this world, but my immediate questions are answered. The main characters are the same as the previous volumes. They have very different styles from each other, but are consistent with their characterization in the other books. This wouldn't make much sense without reading the rest of the trilogy, even the sex is intertwined with their past history and current circumstances in a way that makes it matter to the plot.
The ending is fantastic, one strength of this trilogy has been the heart-pounding danger which is inextricable from the love between the protagonists and this takes it to a great and beautifully literal place.
I love the relationship between Crane and Stephen, and I'm very happy about new developments for Merrick (which I will not spoil). This has an appropriate amount of tumult in figuring out how to fit together such different lives as the ones they led before their first meeting, and it feels like the story takes that seriously without slowing down the sexiness or distracting from the murder investigation. I had a great time and I'll definitely be checking out more from this author.
This was a great end to the trilogy, I feel good about where the characters are literally and emotionally at the end of it, and I have a sense of what they’ll do next. There is a related book which continues the story of a minor character from FLIGHT OF MAGPIES, but as far as I can tell the story of Crane and Stephen is finalized here. It wraps up a bunch of stuff from the previous books, even reaching back to close things left open or ambiguous from book one. There is a storyline (the murders and immediate danger) which start here and weren't present previously, but this is by no means a stand alone book. It has a major thing introduced and resolved wholly within this volume. As the last book in the series, does a great job of wrapping up things from the trilogy as a whole and it feels finished. I'd happily read more in this world, but my immediate questions are answered. The main characters are the same as the previous volumes. They have very different styles from each other, but are consistent with their characterization in the other books. This wouldn't make much sense without reading the rest of the trilogy, even the sex is intertwined with their past history and current circumstances in a way that makes it matter to the plot.
The ending is fantastic, one strength of this trilogy has been the heart-pounding danger which is inextricable from the love between the protagonists and this takes it to a great and beautifully literal place.
I love the relationship between Crane and Stephen, and I'm very happy about new developments for Merrick (which I will not spoil). This has an appropriate amount of tumult in figuring out how to fit together such different lives as the ones they led before their first meeting, and it feels like the story takes that seriously without slowing down the sexiness or distracting from the murder investigation. I had a great time and I'll definitely be checking out more from this author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Death
Moderate: Misogyny, Homophobia, Cursing, Body horror, Blood, and Torture
Minor: Vomit and Child death