Weekend Reads Presents RELICS and the Modern Magic Series #relics #maerwilson #modernmagicseries

My Weekend Reads is going up early because I plan to spend the weekend reading. I was fortunate enough to read RELICS as an advance review copy. As you can see, I loved the book and since I JUST WON a copy of both the prequels (which I shall be reading), I will soon have my review up for them as well. I am sure, if they are anything like RELICS, you (and me) will love them.

Blurb

Most of Thulu and La Fi's clients are dead. Which is perfect since their detective agency caters to the supernatural. But a simple job finding a lost locket leads to a big case tracking relics for an ancient daemon.

The daemon needs the relics to keep a dangerous portal closed. His enemy, Gabriel, wants the relics to open the portal and give his people access to a new feeding ground – Earth.

Caught on live TV, other portals begin to open and the creatures of magic return to Earth. The people of Earth are not alone, but will soon wish they were.

When Gabriel threatens their family, Thulu and La Fi's search becomes personal. The couple will need powerful help in the race to find the relics before Gabriel does. But maybe that's what ghostly friends, magical allies and daemonic clients are for.

When the creatures of myth and magic return to Earth, they're nothing like your mother's fairy tales.

A Sweet Wonderful Read 5 Stars!

Fiona Bartlett is blessed with the gift of seeing the dead. After the death of her parent's, (her first experience with ghosts), Fiona goes to live with her grandmother, Nana, a one-time carnival psychic turned caretaker of the stricken child.

As Fiona grows older, she learns from Nana that people like her must keep their talents secret. That is, until Fiona meets Erik Thulukan in school. You see, he woke up in the morning knowing he needed to find someone. That someone was Fiona. Erik is a finder, and Nana and Fiona are soon adopted by the Thulukan family, who all have special gifts. So much so, that being special is normal, and that suits Fiona just fine.

Of course, LaFi, as Fiona is known to the Thulukan family, and Eric, or Thulu to Fiona, marry. LaFi cannot have children, but there is one special ghost, that of a young boy, that makes LaFi and Thulu feel like family.

The one thing LaFi and Thulu have always wanted is a detective agency. Not the normal kind, but the kind ghosts frequent when they are in need. Perhaps a special trinke must be given to a loved one, or maybe someone was killed and Thulu and LaFi need to find the murderer. Sometimes, it's a ghost of a little girl, one who cannot find her parents, and an older woman, dead and not knowing why. Money is given when they are 'directed' toward it by the ghosts. A lost treasure, perhaps.

On a day filled with game playing, (LaFi and Thulu are adept gamers) they are interrupted by an older woman who is missing a piece of jewelry intended for her granddaughter. The bauble was stolen the night she was murdered. In a matter of moments, other victims crowd the detective agency, all spouting off about the horrible Mr. Jones, a murdering human-being that kills small children.

Turns out Mr. Jones is a daemon, not to be confused with demon. Yes, he is admittedly a murderer, but then he's just borrowing the body he inhabits. You see, a portal is opening, one where angels appear. Unfortunately, angels are not what they seem and daemon's are not demons. Besides, does it really matter? To angels and daemon's Earth is just a feeding ground, and names are just names after-all.

Of course, our LaFi and Thulu take the case, never expecting to learn there are worlds within worlds, and more creatures than one mind can conjure. There are relics to be found. A knife, two panels, and a few more odds and ends. Then there is the book, the final spell that will close the portal forever, depending upon your definition of forever.

The questions to be answered are:

Can they save the world as they know it?
Will they find the parents of a ghostly four-year-old little girl?
And just who is Mr. James? Is he friend or foe?

Ms. Wilson excels at storytelling. Even as an ARC, the manuscript had few errors. The writing is clean, smart, and a little on the sassy side which I just loved. The characters are believable, adorable, and I hated it when I came to the end. All that said, there is a sequel coming that I can't wait to read.

Kudos to Ms. Wilson.Thank you for letting me into your imagination a little early. It is truly appreciated.

Disclaimer: Advanced Review Copy

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La Fi is not having a normal day. She broke someone’s nose, embarrassed her fiancé, Thulu, and now a dead guy is on her doorstep. Although seeing the dead is not unusual for the young medium, since she and Thulu regularly deal with the supernatural. Thulu can find anything that's lost and the amnesiac ghost is missing money, along with his memory.

Peter Swanson used to stash money throughout his San Francisco home. Now he can’t remember his hiding places, and his aging partner needs the money. That’s not normally a problem for Thulu, but some of the money is missing from the house. Thulu and La Fi must broaden the search for cash long gone, and that could prove tricky in more ways than one.

“Ghost Memory” is a Modern Magics Story set in the Relics universe. Bonus Material includes Chapter 1 from the novel, Relics.

Thulu & La Fi have inherited an old, furnished Victorian. What they weren't expecting was that the furnishings included a ghost. Usually the Thulukans are happy to take on supernatural clients for their detective agency. But there’s something about Darla Redding that bothers La Fi - and with good reason. They discover that Darla has a much darker past than hinted at by her “normal” life. She’s definitely not a ghost they want haunting them. So, if they want to be rid of their unwelcome house ghost, Thulu and La Fi need to solve her murder.
“Unwanted Ghost” is the second prequel novelette to Relics in the Modern Magics series.

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After a successful career being other people, and later teaching others the many tricks of that trade, Maer Wilson has decided to be herself for a while. Turns out she's a writer. She's always loved stories, especially fantasy, mystery and sci fi. Maer was born in the Year of the Dragon and has a dragon-themed room in her home, but sadly no dragons in the back yard. When she's not writing, Maer plays online video games, teaches college and reads. She also co-hosts the literary podcast MythBehaving. Maer lives in the high desert of Southern Nevada with her three dogs, a chihuahua and two poodles.

Maer is the author of MODERN MAGICS, a series that chronicles what happens when magic returns to present-day Earth. There are currently three books in the series: RELICS, PORTALS, and MAGICS. There are also four prequel novelettes.

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Congratulations Maer! Keep writing. I can't wait for the weekend.