{"id":10495,"date":"2018-04-24T21:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T01:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=10495"},"modified":"2024-03-01T18:02:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T23:02:45","slug":"a-queer-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10495","title":{"rendered":"A Queer Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Queer Trade<\/a><\/em> (2015) K.J. Charles<\/a> (Rag & Bone)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is a short story I picked up because I liked another series of hers I read, and the idea of an historical fantasy was worth checking out.<\/p>\n

Crispin Tredarloe is a practitioner. He is also going to be in a great deal of trouble. His master died while he was out of town and the heirs got rid of all his papers.<\/p>\n

His magical papers.<\/p>\n

Ned Hall is a dealer in waste paper, and it is to him that Crispin applies, in his search for the papers, before they escape into the world and wreak havoc.<\/p>\n

I knew nothing about this world or the characters, and was immediately drawn into the story, wanting to know more about the secret magic users.<\/p>\n

So I’d say it succeeded in it’s task, since I immediately started the first book in the series.<\/p>\n

Publisher: KJ Charles<\/p>\n

Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Queer Trade (2015) K.J. Charles (Rag & Bone) This is a short story I picked up because I liked another series of hers I read, and the idea of an historical fantasy was worth checking out. Crispin Tredarloe is a practitioner. He is also going to be in a great deal of trouble. 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