The Magpie Lord by K.J. CharlesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Twenty years ago Lucien Vaudray was banished to China by his father Lord Crane. Now with his father and vicious older brother both dead Lucien is Lord Crane and has returned to London, ostensibly to sell off his inheritance before returning to China with his faithful manservant Merrick.
However, four times in the last few weeks Lucien has tried to kill himself, and yet has no recollection of intending to do so. One minute he is going about his everyday life happy and carefree, the next he is full of anguish and trying to kill himself. Merrick persuades Lucien that this is not normal and tells him to engage the British equivalent of the Chinese Shaman to unravel the cause.
Stephen Day is a small, insignificant man, a Practitioner (in magical terms) who quickly determines that someone has laid a powerful magic on the Crane family, whilst he is able to lift the immediate effects, they must travel to Lucien's ancestral home Piper to seek out the root cause and perpetrator.
This is only my second book by KJ Charles but she is quickly becoming a favourite author. This book has it all, opposites attract romance, magic, a vague steam-punk vibe, magical tattoos, haunted houses. Loved it.
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