Devils and Details Dramatized Adaptation

Ordinary Magic [Dramatized Adaptation] #2

by Devon Monk, Colleen Delany (Narrator), Henry W. Kramer (Narrator)

Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea...

Police Chief Delaney Reed is good at keeping secrets for the beach town of Ordinary Oregon–just ask the vacationing gods or supernatural creatures who live there.

But with the first annual Cake and Skate fundraiser coming up, the only secret Delaney really wants to know is how to stop the unseasonable rain storms. When all the god powers are stolen, a vampire is murdered, and her childhood crush turns out to be keeping deadly secrets of his own, rainy days are the least of her worries.

Hunting a murderer, outsmarting a know-it-all god, and uncovering an ancient vampire’s terrifying past isn’t how she planned to spend her summer. But then again, neither is falling back in love with the one man she should never trust.

Genres: Fantasy, Audiobook

Audio CD

Published June 3, 2020

About the author

Devon Monk is a national best selling writer of urban fantasy. Her series include Ordinary Magic, House Immortal, Allie Beckstrom, Broken Magic and Shame and Terric. She also writes the Age of Steam steampunk series, and the occasional short story which can be found in her collection: A Cup of Normal, and in various anthologies. She has one husband, two sons, and lives in Oregon. When not writing, Devon is either drinking too much coffee or knitting silly things.

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic Plot: The powers of the gods vacationing in Ordinary have gone missing, a vampire has been murdered in a most unusual way, and Delaney Reed has to figure out what's going on.

I continue to like the concept of these books, but I'm more iffy on the author's execution of her ideas. I like the concept of gods giving up their powers to vacation and that they could be stolen was a great idea. The way Delaney found out what happened was a bit too deus ex machina for my tastes, which is ironic considering the number of gods running around the town. Her reactions to Ryder piss me off, to be honest. She is a WAY more forgiving person than I am. There is a lot packed into this book, and it felt like the author was trying so hard to shoehorn in so many plots that she forgot to fully develop them and let the characters react to what was going on. It all felt very half-finished by the end, which was a cliffhanger. I still enjoyed the ride, but obviously, I have feelings.

[Thomas Tymstone · Rating 2 out of 5]

☆☆ SPOILER ALERT ☆☆

One less ☆ because the author decided to give "toxic masculinity" a pass in this book.

Also the annoying _______ (fill in the blank) that you put up with even though they mess up your plans and have diarrhea of the mouth with everyone's secrets.

I'm sorry they would have to leave the room whenever important stuff was discussed.

Why would the police chief and other officers be unarmed at any time other than the shower? Especially when they know dangerous things are around.

If you are incapable of speaking to a suspect without falling into said suspect's arms then why wouldn't you ask your very capable officers/sisters to help you?

If you take your overachieving sometimes boyfriend to his first meeting with a god he doesn't believe in and you already know he has a protective streak you can see from the moon, why are you surprised that he would do the wrong thing for (what he thought) the right reasons.

The secrets between these sisters bothers me and seem unnatural.

Off to the third book.

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