Magic for Liars

Murder at Hogwarts and a muggle PI comes to investigate?! I'm in. Unfortunately, it's a fine story that didn't live up to my expectations. I think the character, worldbuilding and plot are the key things in any story. The characters were not memorable or interesting. Ivy (the main) is fleshed out a little, but she was very one-dimensional. She's really the only one that got any kind of personality. The worldbuilding was minimal. It was pretty much “magic exists, but most of the kids use cell phones anyway.” The plot... that was a little interesting. I really did like the murder at the magic school and only the no-maj can figure it out. I, mostly, liked the resolution, and I really liked the reason. Ultimately, I won't warn anyone away from this book, but I won't be recommending it either.