I'm A Voracious Reader : BBNYA Blog Tour ~ The KC Warlock Weekly

My name is Levi. I’m a journalist, I’m autistic, I’m bad at magic, and I swear I didn’t kill her.

Research for the paper usually falls into a few basic patterns. Someone in the city says there’s a troll under Buck O'Neil Bridge, or they’ll call just so a friendly ear will listen to them complain about a pixie infestation.

That sort of content carries me through slow news weeks. It’s rare that I uncover a murder.

Being framed for murder, though? That’s a first.

With the Wizard’s Council hunting me for a crime I didn’t commit, I’ve got no choice but to solve the murder and clear my name. If I don’t unravel this case, nobody will, and I’ll go down for it so hard I might never see the light of day again.

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Accused

The KC Warlock Weekly, #1

M.N. Jolley

3 November 2020

Fantasy | Paranormal | Mystery

250 Pages

My Rating ~ 4 bites and a nibble

Amazon US | Amazon UK

Levi Lawson sunk his entire savings and his soul into his weekly newspaper, The KC Warlock Weekly. But the magic community is small and most of the news travels by mouth, so he’s floundering. To put it mildly. But subscriber woes are the least of his worries right now. He’s been accused of murder and he needs to solve the case before he goes down for it. Not easy to do when people with magic are tracking you and Levi sucks at magic. And let’s not mention he’s unlicensed and shouldn’t be doing any. But when you’re running for your life, what are you gonna do? Hopefully not die while solving the murder.

It’s time for something completely different. I don’t think I’ve read a book written quite like this. Levi tells the story but it goes back and forth between the beginning of events and present when he’s in custody telling us (and the counselors) how it all went down from his POV. It switches from past back to present as the counselors have questions and then Levi dives right back in. As he tells his tale, the story unfolds. From a murder to the reason for the murder and finally, who did it. We get to meet many great characters along the way as Levi tries to figure out who the murderer is and why anyone would murder in the first place. It’s a rollicking good romp! My only complaint is a tiny one, there’s not a whole lot of world building going on. I’m not sure exactly how the magic community fits in with the regular peeps or how things are done and I honestly don’t understand why the “secret” is so important that a murder had to be committed to keep it so. I know it’s probably because Levi was running for his life against a ticking clock, so I hope there’s more depth to this world in the next book. Also, vampires are scary as fuck in this world. Yikes. I will definitely be picking up book 2 at some point. Too many books, not enough time, and all that.

M N Jolley is a creative professional born and raised in Kansas City, where he still lives. Working with a background in film and cinematography, he began writing seriously in 2016 and has recently completed “The Stone Warrior”, the first book in “The Sacrosanct Records”.

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