From the Bookshelf of Q&A with Josh Lanyon

Mainly by Moonlight
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August 1, 2019
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August 31, 2019
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What Members Thought

Adam
Different from Josh Lanyon’s usual. While not without its setbacks, it was still an entertaining ride!

Cosmo Saville hides his witch pedigree from his soon-to-be husband, police commissioner John Galbraith. It’s been fairly easy so far, but then they’ve only known each other for a whole two weeks.

However, when a murder and series of mishaps occur right before the wedding, Cosmo and John’s whirlwind fairytale comes crashing down.

I’ll acknowledge the elephant in the room right up front - the two we
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Marge
I loved the way this is mostly our own world, just with secret magic, somewhat like in the TV show Bewitched. Cosmo is trying to live a normal life without magic, but I had to frequently chuckle at his little "slips" as he uses his magic again and again without truly realizing it. After all, if you could open a virtual door and pop near to your destination, would you bother sitting in traffic day after day? Me neither.

There were many characters set up in this first book of the trilogy--Cosmo, Jo
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blub
Loved getting to know the characters. Cosmo was interesting and I enjoyed seeing his and John's relationship, their issues and trying to resolve the issue of Cosmo being suspected of murder. The only issue I had was with the french, latin and i think there was a moment of spanish..(I can't remember it was something else) that wasn't translated or I wasn't sure I was getting the context right since I never learned any of it. There was enough that I had to stop reading so I could find a site to he ...more
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