Thirteen years ago, Jack Winter lay dying in a graveyard. Jack called upon a demon and traded his soul for his life… and now the de... read full description
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Aug 28, 2011
Kathy
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Second in the Black London dark, dark urban fantasy series revolving around Pete Caldecott, former police inspector, and Jack Winter, crow-mage.
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It seems that Pete and Jack have formed a paranormal investigative agency when we drop in on one of their cases where they have been booked to find out if the will Mummy and Daddy wrote up is the right one. Seems the kids have been disinherited and they're not happy. Which is rather too bad, as the case itself is way below Jack Wi More...
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It seems that Pete and Jack have formed a paranormal investigative agency when we drop in on one of their cases where they have been booked to find out if the will Mummy and Daddy wrote up is the right one. Seems the kids have been disinherited and they're not happy. Which is rather too bad, as the case itself is way below Jack Wi More...
Feb 24, 2010
Melissa
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There are a few things I enjoyed in the book. The gritty magic which Kittredge takes to the next level in this book with necromancers, fey, and death knocking on the door, then we have the banter and love/hate relationship between Jack and Pete. This couple is not for everyones taste (even the other characters in the books hate Jack), but I do love their sarcasm to cover some feelings and the brutal honesty toward each other on other feelings. Pete seems to be the one more honest and Jack see
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Jun 14, 2010
K.
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Demon Bound continues the rollicking good fun started in Street Magic. Jack Winter, the once-dead crow-mage bound in a hellish bargain with the devil and as world-weary and drug-craving as ever returns to raise spirits and deal with evil things along with his ex-cop obsession, Pete.
In this story, Jack is keeping secret his soon-to-be fulfilled bargain with a hell-demon. His clock is ticking, and while he needs/craves Pete with a fierce intensity, he tries to keep her in the dark as h More...
In this story, Jack is keeping secret his soon-to-be fulfilled bargain with a hell-demon. His clock is ticking, and while he needs/craves Pete with a fierce intensity, he tries to keep her in the dark as h More...
Feb 21, 2010
4fabfelines
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Jack and Pete are a team now. They help with paranormal investigations and calling up the dead. Everything seems to be going well, until Jack gets a "call" from a old Friend. This old friend is looking to collect on a debt owed when it was paid out 13 years ago.
Jack gave his soul for his life and Petes' 13 years ago. Pete has no idea and is wondering why Jack is acting so irrationally.
They get a job in the country on some moors..and something is not happey they are there.
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Jack gave his soul for his life and Petes' 13 years ago. Pete has no idea and is wondering why Jack is acting so irrationally.
They get a job in the country on some moors..and something is not happey they are there.
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Feb 01, 2010
Spaceyplum
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The unfinished story of Jack and Pete stayed with me after reading Street Magic so I got the next one as soon as I could and it was bloody fantastic!
The coolest thing the author did was switching the perspective on this book. The first one was really told from Pete's POV but this one is told from Jack's which is awesome. He's a fascinating character and the flashbacks of his past really shed a lot of light on who he is. The story also solidifies the undeniable bond between Jack and More...
The coolest thing the author did was switching the perspective on this book. The first one was really told from Pete's POV but this one is told from Jack's which is awesome. He's a fascinating character and the flashbacks of his past really shed a lot of light on who he is. The story also solidifies the undeniable bond between Jack and More...
Jun 21, 2010
Corey
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I love the Black London novels.
From one end to the other - these books are fantastic. Great, realistic characters, making real choices and bad decisions. People are human, they're stupid, their selfish and every once in a great while, they're capable of doing things that make those look like their best qualities.
Enter Jack Winter - main character and crow-mage extraordinaire. Who once made the very bad decision of selling his soul to a demon in order to get out of a dir More...
From one end to the other - these books are fantastic. Great, realistic characters, making real choices and bad decisions. People are human, they're stupid, their selfish and every once in a great while, they're capable of doing things that make those look like their best qualities.
Enter Jack Winter - main character and crow-mage extraordinaire. Who once made the very bad decision of selling his soul to a demon in order to get out of a dir More...
Dec 11, 2009
marlene
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This book picks up shortly after the last one left off. Pete and Jack have fallen into a routine of sorts. They are now taking cases exorcising ghosts or raising the dead for pay.
Jack our incredibly troubled reluctant hero shows even more layers in this book. his choices, even if not the best thought out usually had the best intentions behind them. We all know what they say about good intentions, and in this case we were literally headed on the road to hell.
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Jack our incredibly troubled reluctant hero shows even more layers in this book. his choices, even if not the best thought out usually had the best intentions behind them. We all know what they say about good intentions, and in this case we were literally headed on the road to hell.
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Oct 14, 2011
Jami
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This is a really dark tale that never lightens up, even the shining moments are tainted by selfish people, doing the wrong thing for the right reason, and demon soot. Detective Inspector Pete Caldecott (Pete is short for Petunia) is thrown in the the world of magic, sorcery, demons, and the old gods when Jack Winter shows back up in her life after she spent years thinking he was dead.Demon Bound takes up right where Street Magic let off, but from the perspective of Jack and how magic, and being
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Aug 10, 2011
Dawn
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I liked the premises of this series and book one, while seemingly harsh, made me think it might turn out to be great. I was sorely mistaken. While I often found it difficult to like the characters in Book One I chalked bad behaviour to circumstances (he was still taking herion at the time and she was stressed/freaked to find out he was alive).
However in this book I realized the writer was not going to make them deeper and more likeable. The world she created has such pottential but the ch More...
However in this book I realized the writer was not going to make them deeper and more likeable. The world she created has such pottential but the ch More...
Jun 08, 2010
Tiffany
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I already had Caitlin Kittredge’s Nocturne City series on my “to read” list, but I was looking for something quick in between review books and The Mighty Buzzard suggested this series as he was really enjoying it. With only 2 books released so far, it was perfect. I was looking for a good urban fantasy that wouldn’t tear my heart out and this was just what I needed.
First things first…. what I loved about these books? The characters. I liked and related to both Pete and Jack from the More...
First things first…. what I loved about these books? The characters. I liked and related to both Pete and Jack from the More...
Feb 06, 2011
Sho
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I liked the first book in which we were introduced to Pete and Jack. So I was really looking forward to reading the second book. I won't say it's a bad book but it was a bit of a disappointment. The relationship between Pete and Jack develops as we expected, however, Jack is still very pessimistic and stubborn which frustrated me to no end. The biggest problem I had with this book is that it felt like a “filler” between the next book and the first book. The field trip they took to the o
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Jun 04, 2010
Yvensong
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Another great, gritty, dark tale from Kittredge. Pete was mostly buried in the background in this story, and I missed her and the banter between her and Jack that had made the first book so much fun, but the story was about Jack. He had made a bargain with a demon over a decade ago and the demon was coming to collect his due.
The book is filled with all the dark magic, creepy crawlies, nightmarish characters that create an exciting place setting to travel through while trying to gues More...
The book is filled with all the dark magic, creepy crawlies, nightmarish characters that create an exciting place setting to travel through while trying to gues More...
Aug 12, 2010
Krista (One Love) (Critical)
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I love Jack and Pete. Plain and simple. They have SO much chemistry and love for each other. They're both great characters. I liked the first book better--not because it was Pete's POV, but b/c it was a little too dark and depressing. So many horrible, sad things happened to poor Jack, who, for some crazy reason, kept his humor throughout.
I felt so sorry for Jack. He's so alone, has no friends, only Pete. I wish there were more characters in the book--more GOOD characters. What I di More...
I felt so sorry for Jack. He's so alone, has no friends, only Pete. I wish there were more characters in the book--more GOOD characters. What I di More...
Feb 23, 2011
Lady Heather
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What an amazing sequel! The relationship between Jack and Pete continues and it just makes you want to read all the more faster to see what's going to happen next!
The ending of the book just leaves you begging for more!
I really enjoy Ms. Kittridge's writing, but more specifically the dialogue(I love the English slang). She's captured the Punk/Anarchist mentality..it's raw, it's real, and really quite offensive, and if you didn't have thick skin you would be 'shaking in your boo More...
The ending of the book just leaves you begging for more!
I really enjoy Ms. Kittridge's writing, but more specifically the dialogue(I love the English slang). She's captured the Punk/Anarchist mentality..it's raw, it's real, and really quite offensive, and if you didn't have thick skin you would be 'shaking in your boo More...
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Jan 14, 2011
Sarah
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Pete and Jack continue on their adventure. Jack can't bear to tell Pete that he has bound himself to a demon. That night, thirteen years ago, Jack did die. Now, Pete and Jack are living in the same flat under a tense truce and making ends meet by raising ghosts.
A new job leads Pete and Jack on a wild goose chase. Pete is determined to make their business profitable, since she no longer has a career as a Detective Inspector. Jack is just trying to survive his demon bargain and re More...
A new job leads Pete and Jack on a wild goose chase. Pete is determined to make their business profitable, since she no longer has a career as a Detective Inspector. Jack is just trying to survive his demon bargain and re More...
Nov 30, 2010
F.
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Book 1 of this series, "Street Magic," is good, but "Demon Bound" revs things up into the land of greatness. Jack Winter is the perfect protagonist for this edgy, tense and slightly twisted story -- a rude, crude survivor who redefines the role of the hero. Author Caitlin Kittredge pairs her oh, so complex characters with prose that is nothing short of whiskey-soaked, razor-edged poetry. The result is a tight, fantastic story that brings Old World magic into the gritty slums
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Jun 27, 2011
JazzRizz
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Definite middle book syndrome with this book. I really enjoyed it, but it lacked the punch I got with Street Magic.
I loved watching Jack deal (and not deal) with his sobriety. It was an interesting story reading about his past and dealing with unfortunate consequences of very bad decisions. Pete is an absolute saint for putting up with all the BS Jack manages to sling in this book.
While this was a bit of a struggle to get through, I'm happy with the ending & can hardly w More...
I loved watching Jack deal (and not deal) with his sobriety. It was an interesting story reading about his past and dealing with unfortunate consequences of very bad decisions. Pete is an absolute saint for putting up with all the BS Jack manages to sling in this book.
While this was a bit of a struggle to get through, I'm happy with the ending & can hardly w More...
Aug 04, 2010
Kat
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Jack Winter is a complete bastard from head to toe--the perfect literary bad boy. Not someone you'd want to come within a mile of in real life, but Caitlin Kittredge keeps him just down and out enough (nothing like nearly getting scapeled to death by a necromantically inclined medical examiner in a Bangkok morgue for generating reader sympathy) with the occasional flash of charm or misplaced chivalry that the reader doesn't quite wish he'll end up with his head gnawed off by a demon. And Kittred
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Nov 29, 2010
F.
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Book 1 of this series, "Street Magic," is good, but "Demon Bound" revs things up into the land of greatness. Jack Winter is the perfect protagonist for this edgy, tense and slightly twisted story -- a rude, crude survivor who redefines the role of the hero. Author Caitlin Kittredge pairs her oh, so complex characters with prose that is nothing short of whiskey-soaked, razor-edged poetry. The result is a tight, fantastic story that brings Old World magic into the gritty slums
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Jan 02, 2010
Lori
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My first read on Kindle! Great #2 book in the Black London series. Jack continues to evolve, but struggles, and is still deeply troubled and flawed, but it's because his innate goodness keeps him from endangering anyone else to save himself. Pete seemed a bit thin in this book, but it was in Jack's POV (I think the first was in hers... not sure, will have to look) so that probably explains it. Perhaps a shifting POV would have worked better. Also, the first part of Part II wasn't my favorite...
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Feb 13, 2011
Suz
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More like a 3.5. This is an improvement from the first but it still had trouble holding my attention. I would have chosen 4 stars to represent the 3.5 I'm feeling, but the cliff hanger ending pisses me off. I really hate cliff hanger endings.
On the good side - the installment is told more from Jack's perspective and he's a more interesting read than Pete is. He's gritty and hard to like, but somehow you still want to keep rooting for him.
The story is engaging, but it's un More...
On the good side - the installment is told more from Jack's perspective and he's a more interesting read than Pete is. He's gritty and hard to like, but somehow you still want to keep rooting for him.
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Nov 05, 2011
Sabrina
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In Demon Bound, Pete Caldecott has resigned from her position as detective inspector and is now living with Jack running a paranormal investigative service that allows them to use dark magic for cleansing ghosts, finding lost souls, and even calling upon the dead for clarification regarding last will and testaments. We also learn that Pete's sensitivity to the supernatural is because she's a weir *dramatic pause* and that Jack didn't just want Pete with him at the cemetery all those years ago..
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Aug 11, 2011
Christina
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Apr 17, 2011
Cat Russell
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The demon grinned at him. "Caught you with your knickers down, Winter." It held Jack's denim on the crook of its index finger.
"See something you like, mate?"
Loved it! I'm not particularly in the mood to write a full review for a change, so I'll make it short and sweet. ;)
I absolutely loved visiting the world through Jack's perspective. It was enlightening to discover what lies behind the mask that Jack so stubbornly clings to.
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"See something you like, mate?"
Loved it! I'm not particularly in the mood to write a full review for a change, so I'll make it short and sweet. ;)
I absolutely loved visiting the world through Jack's perspective. It was enlightening to discover what lies behind the mask that Jack so stubbornly clings to.
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Aug 13, 2011
Yolanda
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After really enjoying STREET MAGIC last week, I decided to get stuck into the second book in the Black London series right away.
The POV shifts to Jack Winter, and I had a blast getting an insight into Jack's head, as well as learning so much more about him. He likes to keep plenty of things hidden from Pete, so delving into his inner thoughts was a great way to understand exactly why he is how he is, and why he's done all the strange and weird things that make him seem like nothing m More...
The POV shifts to Jack Winter, and I had a blast getting an insight into Jack's head, as well as learning so much more about him. He likes to keep plenty of things hidden from Pete, so delving into his inner thoughts was a great way to understand exactly why he is how he is, and why he's done all the strange and weird things that make him seem like nothing m More...
Apr 20, 2011
Susan
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Jack and Pete just clung onto me and my psyche, I just had to find out what happen with them.
The second series is freaky dark. The two are working together handling paranormal investigations. Jack struggles to stay clean and sane, but the past is breaking down his doors. Thirteen years later, it's getting harder to keep Pete safe from the clutches of the demon he had bargained with. F**king Jack Winter...is going to fight hard before he gets his ass dragged off into hell. Now that h More...
The second series is freaky dark. The two are working together handling paranormal investigations. Jack struggles to stay clean and sane, but the past is breaking down his doors. Thirteen years later, it's getting harder to keep Pete safe from the clutches of the demon he had bargained with. F**king Jack Winter...is going to fight hard before he gets his ass dragged off into hell. Now that h More...
Aug 20, 2010
Suzanne the Mighty ~Satin Seductress~
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The story continues on from ‘Street Magic’ in the next book in the Black London series. Jack has been keeping secrets, and this secret is about to come back on him, after 13 years, his time is finally up and a demon has come to collect what is owed him. But Jack has finally found something to live for, someone who needs him, and he won’t be dragged down to Hell without a fight.
I thought this book was brilliant, like the previous book it was dark and gritty, with the magic of the Blac More...
I thought this book was brilliant, like the previous book it was dark and gritty, with the magic of the Blac More...
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Oct 23, 2010
Kavanand
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Demon Bound is a decent follow-up to Street Magic, although I didn't like it quite as much as the first one. In this installment of the series, Pete Caldecott has left the police force, and she and Jack are working together as sort of a supernatural detective team. Jack is struggling with his feelings for Pete, and there's trouble coming. We learn how Jack survived that fateful day in Highgate Cemetery 13 years earlier: he owes a demon his soul, and that demon has come to collect.
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Mar 25, 2011
Ryan
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Before I get started in on the review I just wanted to say, this cover is so much better than the first book in the series. Jack still looks dangerous and oh so sexy and Pete looks almost normal now. I do find it odd that on both covers, Jack is featured quite a bit more than Pete. I can live with that though, Jack is just hot for a blond boy.
This book lived up to the potential that I saw in Street Magic. The characters of Pete and Jack were developed beyond my expectations. More...
This book lived up to the potential that I saw in Street Magic. The characters of Pete and Jack were developed beyond my expectations. More...
Apr 10, 2011
Jennifer
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First read January 30-31st, 2010; reread March 19-31st, 2011
Actual rating 4 3/4 stars. (I knocked one quarter star off for leaving me hanging at the end.I hate it when that happens!)
If Street Magic was Pete's book, then this one was Jack's. This one was told from Jack's perspective (as the first was from Pete's), we get a much better idea of what makes him tick, insight into his feeling for Pete, etc.
The story itself was excellent. Fast paced, action packed an More...
Actual rating 4 3/4 stars. (I knocked one quarter star off for leaving me hanging at the end.I hate it when that happens!)
If Street Magic was Pete's book, then this one was Jack's. This one was told from Jack's perspective (as the first was from Pete's), we get a much better idea of what makes him tick, insight into his feeling for Pete, etc.
The story itself was excellent. Fast paced, action packed an More...
