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At the time of the review of this, I listened to the audiobook version of this book.

Like the first book, it was good and had a focus on relationships between people, although the twist now is you have someone not so likable from Sally's earlier life coming back and joining the team. So the focus on relationships and their development plays an important part in Sally's superhero life and once again if you're into that you'll get a good dose. The action and adventure are there too.

From the title, you know that Magic is also introduced in this universe, but it gives several nods to some of the pitfalls of magic in a modern setting in general and how it's set up. Then, you mix it with science. Magic-Science maybe? I enjoyed how it went and the finish was pretty cool. Musical.


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The Archmage A Just Cause Universe novel Ian Thomas Healy S Bell Books Reviews

The first two thirds of this book is good, but then it loose steam and focus and just becomes too over the top and tries to much to best everything previous. In the true hollywoodian tradition every explosion must be larger than the previous one and in the end it just becomes another <yawn> explosion. .... meh ....
I really tried to get into this series, I love the idea of super heros in novel form instead of comics but this comes up short. The characters are predicable and don't have much depth. If you're looking for a new super hero series to get into try Drew Hayes's Super Powered or Marion Harmon's Wearing the Cape. This series is not worth the price tag.
Great read, you author engages you and you want to read more about Mustang Sally and her life. Great super hero story line and not over the top cheesy

Cheers
I recently read "Just Cause" and just finished reading "The Archmage" and look forward to the next book in the series. I love reading stories set in the superhero genre and I would say this author's work holds its own in comparison with writers like Mur Lafferty, James Maxey, and Marion G. Harmon in so far as general storytelling goes. Interesting, complex characters and a plot that involves lots of action, suprise, and suspense all help.

I have one big criticism, however, and that's to do with the too frequent detours into multi-page descriptions of gratuitous sex. Boring, boring, boring! Sex scenes are pretty much always boring. Sticking them in where they're not needed is always a mistake. I would hope it's obvious to writers that there's seldom anything new to be written about sex. If your aim is to write soft porn, or romance/adventure, then knock yourself out. These stories, however, are neither. Cutting these bits would actually broaden the stories' appeal.

One of the first rules of writing is ruthlessly cut anything which doesn't add to the story. Indeed, you could cut these sex scenes out and never miss them, or paste them into pretty much any contemporary romance/fantasy novel and not even notice they don't belong. If one is writing a story billed as "romance" in which plot and character development are directed toward getting the reader emotionally invested in the depicted relationship, then a lengthy sex scene might be germaine and serve as both a sort of payoff and the climax of the plot. But in this sort of scifi adventure story it comes across as being just gratuitous and boring.
My favourite of the Just Cause series that I've read thus far. Once again an engaging story about people who happen to also have super powers. Strong female characters, plots that pull you in, characters you CARE about and a bit of a unique feel. A fun and light read for young and old adults alike
In "The Archmage", Healy continues the story of Mustang Sally and the members of Just Cause. This one also brings to the fore an interesting character that is mentioned in a few places before but hasn't had a chance to really shine Stratocaster, the magician who plays his magic through a guitar.

This one has a little bit of everything, folks Magic, time travel, fantasy, romance, and (of course) superheroes. The author blends these elements into a rollicking story that twists from one genre - and time - to the next without the whiplash effect one might expect.

Yet another winner from the pen of Ian Thomas Healy.
This book is the second in the Just Cause series, picking up a few months after the first one ended. Often, sophomore novels are a dissapointment, but I'm happy to say that isn't the case here. A wonderful blend of super heroes, time travel and magic, with a bit of rock and roll thrown in for good measure, there's enough action to keep things moving along, but not so much that the plot plays second fiddle.

You can read this as a stand alone novel without a problem, but I'd recommend picking up the first in the series as well. The balance of smash-em-up adventure to emotional thoughtfulness should provide appeal to both men and women.

NOTE A previous reviewer mentioned an abundance of gratuitious sex....maybe we were reading different books. As I recall, there is one sex scene in the entire book; it was appropriate to the story line, and not all that graphic.
At the time of the review of this, I listened to the audiobook version of this book.

Like the first book, it was good and had a focus on relationships between people, although the twist now is you have someone not so likable from Sally's earlier life coming back and joining the team. So the focus on relationships and their development plays an important part in Sally's superhero life and once again if you're into that you'll get a good dose. The action and adventure are there too.

From the title, you know that Magic is also introduced in this universe, but it gives several nods to some of the pitfalls of magic in a modern setting in general and how it's set up. Then, you mix it with science. Magic-Science maybe? I enjoyed how it went and the finish was pretty cool. Musical.