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A review by lautir
A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly
2.0
I started at very excited for the book. I was quickly hooked on the idea of blood magic and the prohibition settings but, things kind of fell apart for me.
It took a while for the main dramatic arc to be introduced, everything felt dragged out, and I quickly became bored with the main characters.
This all could have been saved by the setting but after it was established very little more was done to really make the setting come to life. I wish there had been more historical factors or details because I really thought there was promise there, but everything felt glossed over.
The plot quickly became predictable, the minor characters were treated exactly like minor characters, no depth, barely contributed to the story. There was some redeeming character development in the last few pages for the MCs but it took forever to get there.
It took a while for the main dramatic arc to be introduced, everything felt dragged out, and I quickly became bored with the main characters.
This all could have been saved by the setting but after it was established very little more was done to really make the setting come to life. I wish there had been more historical factors or details because I really thought there was promise there, but everything felt glossed over.
The plot quickly became predictable, the minor characters were treated exactly like minor characters, no depth, barely contributed to the story. There was some redeeming character development in the last few pages for the MCs but it took forever to get there.