Legends & Lies - GlaucaWyrm

eBook

English language

Published by Whitney Metz.

ISBN:: 9798484961146

(1 review)

In this third volume of the Black Magic Series, Ben Black must grapple with the knowledge that his quest is about much more than helping Carrie. Along with the weight of this responsibility, and its implications for the people around him, is the issue of his escape from police custody and the fact that he is now being hunted more vehemently than ever. He meets new allies, both human and otherwise, and is gifted with insight into his own past and his destiny. As he struggles to embrace this destiny, Ben also learns that the forces working against him may be even more formidable than he thought.

The Black Magick Series is a story about the world behind the one we see everyday, the importance of the connection we all share with each other and with the Earth, and about finding our true paths.

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Stephanie Jane reviewed Legends & Lies by Whitney Metz

A satisfying series

4 stars

I'm really enjoying getting caught up in Whitney Metz's Black Magick series as can be seen by my having rushed to buy a copy of this newest installment, Legends And Lies, on its publication day back in October last year. Admittedly it did then take me a few months to actually read it - oops! Black Magick is a series that really does need to be read in order so, if you've not yet started this series and you don't want any inadvertent spoilers from my review, I suggest clicking away to the first book, Sigils And Secrets, now.

The tension ratchets up significantly throughout Legends And Lies so, although the novel does have a 'middle of series' feel to it, I was still glued to its pages. I appreciated Metz's skill in interspersing present day action with Ben's memories of his relationship with Carrie before she disappeared. The diversions …

I'm really enjoying getting caught up in Whitney Metz's Black Magick series as can be seen by my having rushed to buy a copy of this newest installment, Legends And Lies, on its publication day back in October last year. Admittedly it did then take me a few months to actually read it - oops! Black Magick is a series that really does need to be read in order so, if you've not yet started this series and you don't want any inadvertent spoilers from my review, I suggest clicking away to the first book, Sigils And Secrets, now.

The tension ratchets up significantly throughout Legends And Lies so, although the novel does have a 'middle of series' feel to it, I was still glued to its pages. I appreciated Metz's skill in interspersing present day action with Ben's memories of his relationship with Carrie before she disappeared. The diversions allowed me to understand these characters in greater depth, but didn't slow the narrative pace or ever feel like extraneous padding. I was a little disappointed that Carrie only had a minor role to play this time, but I loved spending time with Grandma Denning who is a brilliant creation and I think Julie will become a compelling character too. I'm intrigued by the idea of new beginnings being just as valid no matter what has gone before. Ben and Julie have a degree of mirroring in this aspect so it will be interesting to see how their companionship develops.

The Black Magick series obviously includes a lot of supernatural content and I'm impressed by how naturally this supernatural world is portrayed with the series' reality. Events and the characters' behaviours always feel utterly plausible and the liminal settings mean that I can never predict where Metz's imagination might next take her readers. Universal human problems give this series its roots and its magick allows it to fly! A satisfying series to lose oneself in through grey wintry days.