Hexworld #2.0: Hexmaker

by Jordan L. Hawk

Ebook, 2016

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This one was mostly all right, but it suffers from Mal and Owen occasionally acting a certain way because the emotional plot demands it rather than because it feels like an organic action for the characters to take. I think if the emotional through lines had been allowed more room to breathe and

develop, things wouldn't have felt so ridiculously dumb when Mal and Owen did the things they did. As it stands however, both of the emotional turning point scenes for Mal and Owen, where they choose the other as their future, feel unearned and with a ham-fisted set up because the work for them wasn't put in beforehand.

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Series

Hexworld (2)

Rating

½ (39 ratings; 3.8)

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Publication

(2016), 192 pages

Description

"A straight-laced policeman. A lighthearted thief. A murdered millionaire. Fox shifter Malachi steals for one of the biggest crime rings in New York City. But when he witnesses the murder of a millionaire, the only person who can keep him safe is Dr. Owen Yates, forensic hexman for the Metropolitan Witch Police--and Malachi's witch. Owen is horrified to discover his familiar is an uneducated thief. Even worse, Malachi threatens to unleash Owen's deepest desires ... desires Owen can't act upon, as he's destined for an arranged marriage to secure the Yates family fortune. Their agreement : Malachi will be Owen's lover as well as his partner, until the day of the wedding. But as their hunt for the murderer carries them from teeming slums to Fifth Avenue mansions, Owens begins to realize Malachi commands his heart as well as his body. With dark forces drawing ever closer around them, Owen must decide whether to bow to the demands of duty, or to risk everything for the man he loves.… (more)

Language

English

Original language

English

User reviews

LibraryThing member NannyOgg13

It was okay.
This time the MCs had fairly different accents (one Irish and the other plain American), so there wasn't any confusion as to who said what - that was a relief.

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LibraryThing member JorgeousJotts

This might be rounded up a little, but I'm giving it 5 stars. I enjoyed this. The adventure was fun despite the mystery not being very difficult to deduce, and the couple was fun to watch together. I like that they had a genuine reason why they couldn't just be a couple already, so they didn't have

to spend half the book railing against a paper tiger. I like them individually and as a couple. The steam was kinda spicy, which I approve of. I could see reading this one again.