Forbidden Magic (Magic Series, Book 1)

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Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-27
Summary: "COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!"

This book is the first in a series of 5 novels. I loved the magic, the fae realm, the ultimate bad guy and everything else in between. I have never read any other book with this kind of story line and loved the entire series. Start with Forbidden Magic who starts with the heroine Silver Ashcroft. She and her white witches are determined to keep an evil demon (Balor) deep into the pits of the Fae realm. Because of Silver's use of gray magic in helping the paranormal squad and fighting the demons which are released she is cut from her coven.
I personally think each book has something different to offer and is well worth taking the time to read.

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-04-29
Summary: "Best Book Ever!!!!!!!!!"

I loved this book well the whole series was sooooo good.Chyenne Mcray is now on top of my list of best books.I will read this again.Just to let you know it has it all fighting,bad guys,good guys,magic,love,and at times sad but the sex is amazing!!!She did a wonderful job with it.

Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-02-21
Summary: "UNEXPECTEDLY GOOD"

I was surprised by this book. At first glance i was not sure that i was going to like it. But it was intriguing and caught my attention. I enjoyed the depth that the writer went to with the characters as well as the story. I like characters that have a backround, causes & effects that make them who they are & why they are. I am very much looking forward to the next book in the series.

Rating: 2 / 5
Date: 2010-01-22
Summary: "Uggghhh"

I'm 150 pages in and I just can't read anymore. I just don't care what happens, which is very unlike me for reading. Usually like C McCray, but this is not one of her better books. Not recommended

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-08-10
Summary: "Give This Book a Chance, it is Unjustly Underrated!"

Wow, what a complete night/day difference from the first book I tried by Cheyenne McCray, Demons Not Included. Since the majority of reviews for Forbidden Magic were negative, I didn't think I was going to like this book but I actually loved it! Before you let someone's review (including my review) influence your own opinion, I recommend seeing their other reviews to make sure you share similar interest in books first. Silver Ashcroft is a white witch hiding a secret from her coven. She practices and wields grey magic and is being stalked by Darkwolf, a dark magic Warlock working for Balor the god of death. Darkwolf is trying to recruit Silver to aid him in summoning and releasing all the Formorii demons who were banished centuries ago from walking the earth, to forever live under the sea floor. Junga, a Formorii in a top general position, who covets her queen's position, has been instructed by her queen to return to San Francisco and assist Darkwolf in gathering enough warlocks for the summoning. Fearing the Formorii invasion, Silver goes against her coven's rules of absolutely no summoning EVER, and summons the Tuatha D' Danann. The Tuatha D' Danann are fae warriors who banished the Formorii to their prison under the sea centuries ago. Hawk, Tuatha D' Danann warrior answers Silver's call and together they combine their strengths, as well as the strength of other D' Danann warriors to defeat the Formorii. The Formorii refuse to let any of their people be confined to their hellhole any longer, capture and torture Silver's coven and try to force them to help in the summoning. Formorii demons are cruel, cannibalistic and perversely sexual creatures that enjoy inflicting misery. If released, they will swarm mankind like a plague. With mankind's imminent extinction, they will set their ambitious sights on concurring and bestowing their revenge on Otherworld. This book was fantastic! I enjoyed it immensely, it was dark, gritty and fierce. Despite my review there are a lot of elements to this novel that I purposely left out, in order not to give any spoilers. I consider this book to be "almost" a hybrid between dark paranormal romance and dark urban fantasy. If it weren't for the many sex scenes it would be a hybrid. I highly recommend this book to only those dark urban fantasy readers who have the patience to flip through the sex scenes (most of them are hot and passionate but one or two is more than enough) to disentangle the plot. I am anxiously looking forward to reading the next book in this series Seduced by Magic.

I also recommend:
Darkfever
Storm Born (Dark Swan, Book 1)
Demon Mistress (Otherworld)
Insatiable Desire (The Demonborn)
Witch Blood (Elemental Witches, Book 2)