6/9/2023 0 Comments Starcrossed by Allie Therin![]() ![]() This is because Rory’s paranormal ability means he’s able to touch an object and be transported into its history (which can also be incredibly dangerous as it’s possible he could end up trapped in that history in his mind) – and he’s something of a recluse, staying very much in the background and taking care not to reveal his ability to anyone. It’s Manhattan in 1925, and twenty-year-old psychometric Rory Brodigan works as an antiques appraiser in his aunt’s shop, earning the place a reputation as the place to go to sort out the fake from the real thing. There are spoilers for Spellbound in this review. But once I’d skimmed a few sections in Spellbound, I was up to speed and able to enjoy the story in Starcrossed. I read and reviewed it in print when it came out in May 2020, and even though I HAD read book one, I found myself a bit lost to start with because there’s hardly any recapping and I wished I’d done a re-read to refresh my memory. ![]() Starcrossed is the second book, and you really do need to have read or listened to book one, Spellbound, in order to get to grips with it. Allie Therin’s engaging Magic in Manhattan series sets an intriguing combination of supernatural relics, powerful psychics, romance and magic amid prohibition era New York. ![]()
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