My biggest problem was the fact that with the exception of Clive and Edarra, I couldn’t stand any of the characters in this story. So if that doesn’t bug you, there is a chance that you will find this story a lot more enjoyable than I did.Īnd to be honest I struggled a lot with this book. And it probably had a rather big effect on the over all rating of this story. It spreads the story out too much, and instead of making me care equally about all the characters, I mostly end up caring about none of them. I should probably say, right off the bat, that I am not a huge fan of stories that are told from multiple viewpoints outside of the main characters. Things get especially tricky when someone with a lot of power starts pulling strings around the city, and people start turning up dead–and the next one likely to be cut is Jeremy’s ex-lover, and famous stage-magician, Desmond the Great. Starting up a new business, working with people who can barely stand each other, is hardly a recipe for success…but most of them have run out of other options. But until he does, he is stuck working for an ex-Knight–who is trying to get his green-card–and a couple of other last-chance magic users–who pretty much hate him and everything he stands for. Because no matter how much Jeremy has reformed, there’s still enough bad witch in him to kill anyone who messes with him or the people he cares about.Īlready fallen out of the graces of the Council, Jeremy Ragsdale is running out of chances to show that he can make it on his own.

The lack of trust brewing between him and his teammates could cost Desmond his life and Jeremy his progress on the straight and narrow path if his secrets are revealed. Jeremy must prevent it without letting his colleagues know that he not only has ties to the energy vampires behind the plot, but that his past misdeeds might have instigated the attacks.ĭespite Jeremy sporting a suit and tie like a good witch, his lies snowball to bite him in the ass. Even worse, their jack-of-all-trades magic business stumbles upon a conspiracy to kill Desmond the Great, Atlanta’s sexy star magician. Instead, the temp agency saddles him with a fellow witch who hates him, an Amazon one violent outburst away from deportation, and a knight from another world as his boss. All recovering drug addict and witch Jeremy Ragsdale wants is to shamble on to the next job without any disasters.

Witches for Hire by Sam Argent