Name: Cursed Moon
ISBN: 9780316228466

Jaye Wells

MAGIC IS A DRUG. IT'LL COST MORE THAN YOU CAN PAY. . . When a rare Blue Moon upsets the magical balance in the city, Detective Kate Prospero and her Magic Enforcement colleagues pitch in to help Babylon PD keep the peace. Between potions going haywire and emotions running high, every cop in the city is on edge. But the moon's impact is especially strong for Kate, who's wrestling with guilt over her use of illegal magic. When a rogue wizard steals dangerous potions from a local coven, Kate's team must find the thief's hideout before the vengeful coven catches him. But the investigation uncovers the rogue's dangerous plot to unleash chaotic magic on the city. Once the Blue Moon rises no-one's secrets will be safe. Not even Kate's.

Cursed Moon

Magic is a drug. It'll cost more than you can pay. . . When a rare Blue Moon upsets the magical balance in the city, Detective Kate Prospero and her Magic Enforcement colleagues pitch in to help Babylon PD keep the peace. Between potions going haywire and emotions running high, every cop in the city is on edge. But the moon's impact is especially strong for Kate, who's wrestling with guilt over her use of illegal magic. When a rogue wizard steals dangerous potions from a local coven, Kate's team must find the thief's hideout before the vengeful coven catches him. But the investigation uncovers the rogue's dangerous plot to unleash chaotic magic on the city. Once the Blue Moon rises no-one's secrets will be safe. Not even Kate's.

Sarah Escorsa

☢ Bloody Hell it Was even Better the Second Time Around Up Up Up the Rating Goes MacHalo-istic Buddy Reread (BHiWeBtSTaUUUtRGMHBR™) ☢

Previous rating: 4 stars
New rating: 5 stars. The shrimps are ecstatic right now. And so am I.

And the moral of this reread is:
This ain't no Fluffy Bunny Enabled UF (FBEUF™), my Little Barnacles! This world is wonderfully dirrrrty, this world is deliciously gritty, this world is succulently raw, this world is exquisitely dark, this world is full of delightful people who tell it like it is, don't watch their language and have mastered the art of uttering delectable profanities. This world is pure freaking bliss.



Also:
➽ The whole Dirty vs Clean magic + potion cooking + potion junkies + potion everything stuff is shrimping fantastic. Definitely one of the mostest awesomest, mostest interestingest, mostest creativest UF worlds ever. To think Wells' publisher freaking declined to buy more books in the series! People of Orbit, watch out, I'm about to unleash the murderous crustaceans on you, and they are seriously pissed off. 
➽ Kate Prospero, aka Cupcake, aka our kick ass chick in residence, is a beautifully fucked up mess. 
➽ Drew Morales, aka Macho, aka Cupcake's partner, is yum yum yum yummy. You know what this means, right? Poof! Gone! High Security Harem, here we go!



➽ The whole cast of secondary characters is Woot Woot Woot Material (WWWM™): LM & Mary are the coolest kind of weird, Baba is and forever will be the mostest excellentest horniest septuagenarian ever, and goat dudes, leprechauns and hermaphrodite sex priestesses rock.
➽ The dialogues are hahahaha sarcastically hilarious and hilariously sarcastic, especially whenever rude stuff and imaginative obscenities colourful language and slightly improper comments start flowing.
➽ The sex/rapey potion plot is original and fun and cool and exciting and stuff.
➽ And QED and blah blah blah and blah blah blah. And stuff. Obviously.

» And the moral of the moral of this reread is: 




· Book 0.5: Fire Water ★★★★
· Book 1: Dirty Magic ★★★★
· Book 3: Deadly Spells ★★★★★
· Book 4: Volatile Bonds ★★★



Original crappy non-review (December 2014):

Jaye Wells. You got me at the opening scene.

A flute-playing satyr (aka "the goat dude"): "He river-danced around us a couple of times."
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A leprechaun with an attitude problem:"Put down the cauldron!"
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A dirty magic lust potion causing mayhem in a park: "The first thing I saw was one of the cops humping the statue like a stripper on a pole." 
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Can't put the book down.

Kate Prospero. Cupcake. You are so messed up. And so awesome. I love you. Forget the Arcane Anonymous meetings, who needs them anyway? Bring out the booze! Then become an emotional wreck. Fight with Danny. Fight with Pen. Have doubts about joining the MEA. Cook magic? Don't cook magic? What side are you on? Girl you really need to get your act together. But kick ass you still do.

Cursed Moon is one crazy ride. Non-stop action, lots of intrigue, crazy villains, hilarious scenes & dialogues, great cast of characters, sexual tension (Morales. Ever so yummy): what more could you possibly ask for?

Time for a list of random awesomeness:
Don't Use Dirty Elixirs (DUDE), Sortigele Inc, The Mystical Coven of the Sacred Orgasm (again. I know. Can't be helped. I just love the idea.), Aphrodite Johnson the hermaphrodite Hierophant (the he/she- her/m- s/he- conversations! Bahahahaha!), the dirty magic induced sex riot, Baba (always happy to harass the eligible bachelors at the senior center), the Temple for Cosmic Love, Kate being hexed with the lust potion ("Bring that wand over here wizard" hahahahaha!), Baba (always there when you need your ass kicked), the winery scene (Kate & Morales rock), Volos finally getting what he deserves (view spoiler)[damn that punch felt good! (hide spoiler)], the Lake Erie scene, Morales ("Cupcake?" *sighs*), Pen being aggravating yet (and very surprisingly) still lovable, the betting pool at the MEA^^, "first date" at Crowley haha (view spoiler)[remember Kate, no pity dates. Just ask the guy out. Please. (hide spoiler)]… I could go on for hours.

Magic and potions and mayhem, oh my!

Just do yourself a favour and read this series.

Totally Addicted to Reading

Just like Dirty Magic this story started out with a bang and kept that pace until the end. It’s filled with twists and surprises that made for an interesting read. The writing was great and the characters from the first book were present with the addition of some new and interesting ones.

For my full review visit
http://romancing-the-book.com/2015/06...