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Three Kinds of Lucky

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by Kim Harrison
Marguerite Gavin
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Luck is its own kind of magic, in this first book in an electrifying new contemporary fantasy series from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows novels.
Petra Grady has known since adolescence that she has no talent for magic—and that’s never going to change. But as a sweeper first-class, she’s parlayed her rare ability to handle dross—the damaging, magical waste generated by her more talented kin’s spellwork—into a decent life working at the mages’ university.
Except Grady’s relatively predictable life is about to be upended. When the oblivious, sexy, and oh-so-out-of-reach Benedict Strom needs someone with her abilities for a research project studying dross and how to render it harmless, she’s stuck working on his team—whether she wants to or not.
Only Benedict doesn’t understand the characteristics of dross like Grady does. After an unthinkable accident, she and Benedict are forced to go on the run to seek out the one person who might be able to help: an outcast exiled ten years ago for the crime of using dross to cast spells. Now Grady must decide whether to stick with the magical status quo or embrace her own hidden talents . . . and risk shattering their entire world.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Shadow Age

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 5, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593748107
      • File size: 450667 KB
      • Duration: 15:38:53

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 22, 2024
      With this ambitious if unwieldy urban fantasy, bestseller Harrison (Demons of Good and Evil) launches a new series in which magic and luck are inextricably linked. Petra Grady is incapable of working magic, but able to see and manipulate dross, the misfortune-causing waste produced by magical workings. She finds work as a sweeper, cleaning up after careless mages and keeping the magical world secret from mundane society. Despite the necessity of her job, she’s looked down upon in the hierarchy of magic users in St. Unoc, Ariz. That changes when her long-estranged best friend, Dr. Benedict Strom, requests her assistance on a project that could alter the balance between magic, dross, and shadow—dangerous energy attracted to dross. When catastrophe strikes, Petra discovers she may be the only person capable of saving the city from further disaster. While the premise and characters have promise, this opener expends a lot of ink setting up the series at the expense of the story at hand. Between establishing the world, exploring the complex magic system, and radically upending Petra’s status quo, the results feel overstuffed. Hopefully future installments will take more time to breathe. Agent: Jennifer Jackson, Donald Maass Literary.

    • Library Journal

      May 31, 2024

      Together, Harrison (Demons of Good and Evil) and narrator Marguerite Gavin create the quintessential 2000s urban fantasy voice. Petra Grady is snarky and blunt, and doesn't see the need for makeup, hollow niceties, or classist nonsense. And she is subjected to plenty, as her job is cleaning "dross"--the waste products of magic use that bring bad luck to anyone it touches. Many magic users view her as an untalented garbage collector even though her job is necessary to keep them safe and invisible from the nonmagical majority. But after her immensely mystically talented childhood crush-turned-nemesis coerces her into joining his research project, a great tragedy sends her on the run with him, her friends, and her dog. As they struggle to understand what happened, Petra must learn when her loyalty is misplaced. In addition to perfectly embodying Petra's voice, Gavin guides listeners through intricate worldbuilding, particularly around the workings of the magical system. She expertly portrays secondary characters as well, including one of Petra's companions, a scientist whose crush makes him prone to seek out her opinion regardless of her ire toward him. VERDICT Listeners ready for the next wave of urban fantasy will enjoy this series starter.--Matthew Galloway

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Funding for additional materials was made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.