3.5
Unsympathetic Magic
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"...gripping and enticing..." —Crash and Burn Reviews
Acting jobs don't grow on fire escapes, so struggling actress Esther Diamond is outraged when her guest role as a hooker on controversial TV drama The Dirty Thirty is jeopardized by zombies, angry spirits, and a voodoo curse. Meanwhile, the talented teens Esther is coaching at a Harlem cultural center are also being attacked by the sinister supernatural power that's spreading through Manhattan. Since the show must go on, Esther boldly helps her friend, the 350-year-old sorcerer Dr. Maximillian Zadok, combat the Evil forces at work—all while attempting to salvage her love life with her would-be lover, Detective Connor Lopez. But will Esther's courage backfire and end up leading her to become a human sacrifice on the altar of the sinister supernatural powers that are taking over New York City?
Unsympathetic Magic is the exciting third installment of the Esther Diamond series.
Acting jobs don't grow on fire escapes, so struggling actress Esther Diamond is outraged when her guest role as a hooker on controversial TV drama The Dirty Thirty is jeopardized by zombies, angry spirits, and a voodoo curse. Meanwhile, the talented teens Esther is coaching at a Harlem cultural center are also being attacked by the sinister supernatural power that's spreading through Manhattan. Since the show must go on, Esther boldly helps her friend, the 350-year-old sorcerer Dr. Maximillian Zadok, combat the Evil forces at work—all while attempting to salvage her love life with her would-be lover, Detective Connor Lopez. But will Esther's courage backfire and end up leading her to become a human sacrifice on the altar of the sinister supernatural powers that are taking over New York City?
Unsympathetic Magic is the exciting third installment of the Esther Diamond series.
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3.5
Robin Bridge four
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“Esther is at it again and just happens to fall into more trouble, she really seems to have a knack for it.
While the story had very interesting moments in it, trying to figure out if there are zombies or some bad voodoo happening it suffered from trying to explain...so many things. The other books in the story had a little of this but the history of voodoo and those who practice it's rituals was just a lot and took up too much page time.
Esther and Lopez still can't seem to get on the same page. He likes her, she likes him but his ability to willfully try to explain everything that is happening around them in a logical and mundane way is just infuriating. He is a cop, he is a smart guy but nothing is clicking and he still thinks Esther is a little crazy.
The Graphic Audio made much of this book fun but I really felt myself tuning out quite a few times as we get a history and culture lesson. Also, how long can the will they won't they trope last. It is book three, there is a point that it has to happen or just move on. If I was reading this with my eyes, I would have skimmed in a few areas.
Not the best, but I'll hang out a little longer to see if it was just a bump in the road.”
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About Laura Resnick
Laura Resnick was born in Chicago, and when she was a teenager her family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Growing up in a family of writers, daughter of SF writer Mike Resnick, she never thought she would end up in a writing career, herself. A cum laude graduate of Georgetown University, where she studied languages and linguistics. Laura can speak French and Italian. After college, she moved overseas for a few years, where she studed acting at London Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Laura Resnick can be found at sff.net/people/laresnick/.
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