3 Stars from me.

This is book one in the series The Magicsmith.

Alex Blackwood can sense feelings and memories from places and objects. She is a gifted artist that works with iron. After her best friend’s murder, she is thrown into the world of the fae by Malakai, who has been sent by his fae lord to get to the bottom of a series of murders and recover a very important fae artifact. Alex finds out she is half-fae in the process, and she starts to doubt her own place in the world.

The murders and the efforts to solve them were intriguing, and it wasn’t clear who was responsible until it was revealed at the end.

James is Alex’s boss, and they develop a romantic relationship. It would have been more interesting if James could have played a more active role in the investigations Alex did with Malakai. There would have been more opportunities for relationship development between them. As it is, I didn’t really feel much of a connection between them and I wasn’t very invested in them as a couple.

Alex is an interesting character, and she had a lot of development as a character, but she was the only one. It is an interesting world, and I would love to read more in the series.

I received an advanced copy of the book from Netgalley to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Was I hooked by this book? Yes, I’d love to read more.

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal