Maria Rose's Reviews > The Magpie Lord

Update to an update: This series is a comfort listen for me :-) Listened to it as an audiobook again June 2023

Update - Listened to this as an audiobook in Jan 2022 - great narration! Went and bought the audiobooks of the next two in the series as a result.

In this historical paranormal tale, someone or something is trying to kill Lord Lucien Crane, and Stephen Day, a man with every reason to hate Crane for the way his family was treated by Crane's father reluctantly agrees to help find the cause of the supernatural disturbance that is threatening Crane's life. Will he succeed or will all his powers be for naught?

What a fascinating story! It's like a mix of a Sherlock Holmes mystery and Harry Potter fantasy, with an unlikely pair of men who share an attraction to each other that surprises them both. Lucien is every bit a lord in his dress and mannerisms - with the exception being his penchant for men over women. Stephen on the other hand seems to be a drab dull man at the start - yet we soon learn that it's a front he presents of himself so that he can remain unobtrusively in the background, observing and gathering facts. Lucien soon realizes the power that Stephen wields though, and is simultaneously awed by it and attracted to the man underneath. The plot unfolds at a rapid pace and from the first page, the reader is brought into this incredible Victorian world where magic seems part of the day to day normality for the select few aware of it. There is a lot of suspense, action, drama and some sexy scenes keeping the reader on their toes. I loved every bit of it! I'm very much looking forward to continuing their story in the next book of the series. 5 stars!