Peek into the past

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	• The Third Circle (Arcane Society, Book 4) Amanda Quick Putnam Adult, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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Third Circle

Amanda Quick is always a must buy as soon as the book is released. I have never been disappointed with a Quick. I love the quirky sense of humor and the characters.

Peek into the past

In the fourth venture into the Arcane Society we are given some facts about its origins. However, Quick did a better job with her earlier books explaining how the Arcane Society functions. If this book were the first one picked up a new reader, I believe he or she would be lost, as Quick doesn't thoroughly explain the background information truly needed for understanding.

The plot is decent and the characters likable, but the story didn't overwhelm me to the point where I couldn't put the book down. Earlier Aracane Society books did a better job of grabbing my attention. Overall an okay read for someone who is familiar with the main points of the storyline.

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Flashback?

Quick backtracks and takes us back to the orginal time frame from the first book in this series. Thaddeus, a first cousin of the Jones, falls in love with a thief he literally runs into while robbing a house. I thought it was very cute. Not as good as her previous novels in this genre, but worth reading to keep up with the Jones. I'm disappointed that she did not publish this one before the last two. It completely throws off the time frame of the reading. I would suggest a new reader to read this second.

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New York Times?bestselling author Amanda Quick?s new Arcane Society novel reveals the passionate? and paranormal?secrets of proper Victorian London.

Called ?supremely addictive? by Booklist, the Arcane Society novels, written under both the Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz names, have pulled readers into a saga filled with steamy romance, drama, and dark intrigue. Her newest novel promises to mesmerize as well.

Leona Hewitt, disguised in men?s formal evening clothes, has secretly made her way into Lord Delbridge?s private museum to retrieve a relic stolen from her family. But someone else is in the dimly lit gallery on the same errand: a tall, blackcloaked man whose very voice is enough to cause her to fall into a trance.

Thaddeus Ware, a mesmerist with psychic gifts, is accustomed to fearful reactions from others?women, in particular. After all, a man who can control the minds of others could rob a lady of her virtue?completely unbeknownst to her. But Leona shows no trace of hysteria in his presence. A gifted crystal worker, she exerts a rather hypnotic power over the hypnotist himself. And she is determined to keep the coveted crystal they manage to recover by giving him the slip at a run-down London inn.

Thaddeus, on assignment for the Arcane Society, knows the menace Leona is courting by absconding with the crystal. A source of remarkable energy, it holds the potential for great destruction. Lord Delbridge has already killed to acquire the crystal, his key to membership in the elite, shadowy group known as the Third Circle. And, with the help of a ruthless hunter of preternatural skill?dubbed the Midnight Monster by the press?Delbridge intends to find Leona. With the stolen crystal in their possession, the danger is only beginning.

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