Adrienne Morales is a hunted woman.Stalked by Voids—people immune to magic—and pursued by a deadly past, Adrienne wants nothing more than to avoid spells and sorcery. Her powers as an enchantress make that impossible. Every few days she must release the magic gathering around her, or it’ll steal her sanity. The only way to stay alive is to practice her magic in secret, hiding enchantments in … enchantments in works of art she sells in her craft store.
When a firebreathing psychopath controlled by enchantment tries to burn down her store, Adrienne unleashes her powers to stop him. Unfortunately her battle has a witness—Adrienne’s handsome business partner. Turns out he’s a Void, and sworn to a Union that executes rogue magic users. Worse, the firebreather isn’t the only victim to pop up around San Francisco. Someone is using magic to create monsters and destroy minds, and the Void Union wants them dead.
Now Adrienne must capture the rogue enchanter before they ruin more innocent lives, and before the Voids punish her for the rogue’s crimes. But Voids aren’t the worst thing chasing her. Every enchantment she crafts makes it more likely her past will track her down. And if it does, madness will be the kindest fate awaiting her.
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An amazing start to a new urban fantasy series! Such a unique magic system, hilarious dialogue, and a twist ending I didn’t see coming (which rarely happens to me!) Definitely recommended.
I really enjoyed A. C. Spahn’s Enchantress Undercover (Arcane Artisans Book 1). It does what good urban fantasy is supposed to do, come up with imaginative concepts (such as the magic immune “Voids”, and their Union with its mission of executing rogue magic users, or the need of this takes eponymous enchantress, Adrienne Morales, to use magic or else face insanity) and then put them into a rousing tale. Definitely well done here and resulting in a definitely “fun read”. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.
My first thought when I finished this book was one of exasperation. Why exasperation? Two reasons: I now have ANOTHER author I need to read, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the next book. I really was impressed by this book for many reasons which included great writing, wonderful characters, and a totally engrossing plot. I adored Adrienne, Desmond, and above all Kendall (a squirrel shifter) who completely made the book. I even liked Axel at the end. I also liked the unique universe the other has created. I can’t wait to read the next one, and if you like urban fantasy, you really need to read this one. I do highly recommend this book and was provided a copy which I voluntarily reviewed.
I received this book from Sealook Pressm, Xpresso Book Tours, NetGalley for an unbiased review.
I loved this book!
What a lot of fun! Magic was used in a different and relatively unusual manner, characters were young, but fun, and the storyline moved along nicely. I had a lot of fun reading it, even though it was definitely YA. I’ve never minded YA books, and books like this are why.
The banter among the characters was entertaining, the storyline engaging and all in all a quick enjoyable read. The who-done-it in the storyline wasn’t as tricky as it could have been. I knew who it was pretty quickly, but getting to where we’re shown who it is was worth the trip. I liked all the characters, but I think maybe I like Kendall best. She’s a firecracker, which is just my kind of teen/young adult. I was unable to determine the ages of everyone (they seemed younger than their years), but since this was more a fun tale than a tragedy or sex story, the ages didn’t really seem to matter much. Having had kids of my own, I know that from about 16 to about 25 they are still working on maturing so age becomes immaterial. Watching Adrienne and Desmond develop a relationship slowly and carefully which was a nice change of pace.
I’m dying to know what happens next and hate that I’ll have to wait for quite awhile since this book hasn’t gone live yet, but wait I will anxiously! I like your work, AC Spahn, very much. Keep it up!