Roadside Magic

Today's post is on Roadside Magic by Lilith Saintcrow. It is the second in her Gallow and Ragged trilogy. It is 315 pages long and is published by Orbit. The cover has Gallow on a motorcycle with his tattoos and spear out and glowing. The intended reader is someone who likes urban fantasy and a new, darker spin on the Fae. There is foul language, sexuality, and violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the characters moving from one to the next per chapter. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- Robin Ragged has revenge to wreak and redemption to steal. As for Jeremiah Gallow, the poison in his wound is slowly killing him, while old friends turn traitor and long-lost enemies return to haunt him.
In the dive bars and trailer parks, the sidhe are hunting. War looms, and on a rooftop in the heart of the city, the most dangerous sidhe of all is given new life. This new hunter has only one thought: Where is the Ragged?

Review- Another fast paced story into the dark world of the Fae and the Halfs that try to survive them. The story picks up just hours after the ending of Trailer Park Fae with Puck not dead but not alive either. Robin still doesn't believe that Jeremiah can withstand the pull of the Fae Queen of Summer. She thinks that he will betray her to Summer. Jeremiah just wants to protect her and to understand what Puck has on Robin. Add in everyone from both sides hunting for both of them and we get our plot. Some character growth happens in this volume by way of a new character that  Jeremiah had been friends with many years before so we get to see more of Jeremiah before he knew what he is. But the picture on the cover does not come to be as it is not Jeremiah on the bike. But that is a small matter. In the end our heroes are separated and war is coming to the Fae lands.

I give this book a Four out Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this book with my own money.