The Temptation of Magic
Empyreal Trilogy, Book 1
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Jane Fox
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Megan Scott
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Serpent and Dove meets A Discovery of Witches in this lush, darkly magical romantasy debut.
He was an Empyreal, her greatest threat, her greatest fascination. Everything she’d been warned against. And yet she wanted him, still.As an Empyreal, Nicole has the ability to kill any deadly supernatural. But if her power ever awakened, the Wake—the organisation that governs supernaturals—would force her to be their loyal huntress. Or kill her, like they did her mother.
To stay safe, Nicole hides in a small university town, convinced the mythological art collection at a local manor contains a final message from her mother. But before she can study it, Kyan McCarter, the Wake’s most skilled Empyreal, arrives on his own hunt. When they discover his prey has stolen a painting for leverage, they’re forced to work together.
As the creature threatens to expose Nicole’s powers, her tenuous alliance with Kyan threatens her heart. If her true identity is revealed, Kyan will hunt her next. No one disobeys The Wake and survives. Especially when the art they’re seeking unveils a conspiracy that would change the lives of creatures and humans forever. . .
But Nicole may only be able to resist one: her wicked impulses, or a love that could repaint their world.
And after a life of hiding her true nature, who could resist the temptation of magic
A luxurious, forbidden romance that will become your new obsession. . .
©2024 Megan Scott (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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Commentaires
'A dark jewel of a book, glinting with adventure, a gorgeous dark academia setting, and spellbinding romance'
Natasha J. Hastings, author of How to Charm a Viscount
'An intoxicating blend of the supernatural, Celtic mythology and an atmospheric Cornish town, Scott weaves an enthralling tale of desire and temptation. I was lured in by the gorgeous descriptions of art and the coastal setting, and ensnared by the characters and thrilling plot as it unfurled'
Rachel Greenlaw, author of Compass and Blade
'Simmering romance melds with dark academia in this lush, immersive tale—I was completely spellbound from the very first pages'
Lyndall Clipstone, author of Unholy Terrors
On paper, The Temptation of Magic ticked many boxes for me. In reality… not only these expectations were (highly) met, but that story triggered a new obsession. That book is almost everything I want to read and hit me as hard as Divine Rivals did last year, though completely differently. The story is so intricate, complex, and multi-layered that revealing it here would cause spoilers, so I’ll just write about how the book made me feel, and I’m sorry because I know it will be messy and I won’t give it justice. For the exact same reason, I won’t elaborate much about the romance part, though I truly adored how the characters interacted.
The world building is not only original but mind-blowing, and enhanced by the deeply immersive writing. I love dark-academia set ups, I feel a deep connection with UK and with “Celtic Culture”. That book made me travel just there. But it also made me dive into some pieces of art in an experience I would never have imagined (honestly, read this book instead of going into one of these “immersive exhibitions”, your experience will be so much better!). The role and “meaning” of arts (mostly painting but not only) in the story is absolutely extraordinary and I can’t tell how emotional it made me to see one of my favourite 19th century paintings among the ones the author chose as support for her novel. I loved how M. Scott used a lot of folkloreS, even if she focused a bit more on the Vampires (in such an original way!) and Celtic Mythology (which is one of my fav’), allowing –among others– the themes of memory, manipulation and propaganda to weave between each other.
The characters are intense, and just like the rest, complex in the best of ways. I absolutely adored how fragile Nicole and Kylan are, despite their statute of “top hunters''. I know the main metaphor is the passage to adulthood and how Nicole accepts and welcomes the change. However, as an autistic person, for whom diagnostic came late in life, this echoes also differently. How difficult is it to mask but also feels indispensable to feel safe. How the world can be hard to deal with (the way transformation into Empyreal –and its aftermath– is written was such a mirror of how meltdown, shutdown and burnout can impact body and mind). How unmasking can be both liberating and terrifying. (The way Nicole two facets can represent both strength and weakness is another point (I call my autism the alliage of a unicorn and a dragon)
I know it wasn’t the main message –and that the unmasking metaphor can be used for many other situations– but I felt seen anyway. And it’s not so frequent.
All that makes The Temptation of Magic a breath-taking coming of age story, a true page turner, in which the relationship between the main characters has a great tension (in all the possible ways) but is also weaved with a lot of mystery, action, twists, turns and myths,and wrapped into a deeply immersive writing. I wish I could write more about them both, and all the wonderful side characters, there is so much to say. I loved them deeply, but I don’t want to spoil.
That book is a debut novel, but Megan Scott definitely became one of my auto-read with this one, especially knowing that it is the first book of a trilogy. I can’t wait to know what will happen next because I found one of my unicorns here!
See you again in one year and one day!
Gorgeous. Meaningful. Multi Layered
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