Saturday, September 9, 2023

Buy these books: Livi Talbot urban fantasy series

 If you like urban fantasy, you will love the Livi Talbot series.  Livi Talbot is a single mom and a treasure hunter specializing in mythological artifacts that have become more powerful after the recent Pulse raised the ambient magic level.  She also has a tendency to go after items to keep them out of the hands of power hungry folks.  Think Lara Croft crossed with Leverage.   




There are 6 books starting with Solomon’s Seal;  each book sends Livi after a different powerful artifact.  Each book is chock full of action adventure, a different mythology, some addition to Livi’s found family and an intriguing increase in the psychological complexity of the characters.    And I love the characters.  From Livi’s roommate/platonic wife who is helping her raise her daughter to all the men who help Livi find things, they all have depth and nuance.  I am particularly pleased to see a disabled character so prominent.  Pru, her roommate, has MS. As I am coping with ME/CFS, I like seeing characters in fiction coping as well.  So, yea, a bit of spoonies unite here.  

I’m not going to review the remaining books in the series to avoid spoilers.  I will say that despite my many decades of being a book addict and generally good at anticipating plot twists, I was surprised fairly often.  Try the first one and if you like it, each book adds to the enjoyment.  Well written, good characters, great action/adventure and all around good entertainment.  Buy these books!




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