The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell

In an alternate version of present-day Manhattan, magic is dying. To save her future, a magical thief must travel back in time to 1902 New York City to steal a mysterious book before it disappears into history.

4,5 stars
Amazing writing and story! I really enjoyed reading about 1900's New York and all magic around the city. The story had a lot of plot twists, some of them predictable and some not so much.

Esta, a magician capable of bend time, travels to different locations and timelines to collect different magical artifacts for the Professor, the man that she always worked for, and who showed her her abilities. In the present, magical people are rarer and rarer, and Professor is focused also on saving those people, as he saved Esta.

Using an artifact that can amplify her ability, Esta is sent to 1902 with one goal - steal a magical book capable to rescue the magic from disappearing in present days. However, in the past, the book is protected by the Order and a group of magicians organized a heist to steal it. Although, during the heist, the book was stolen by a Magician who betrayed his group and disappeared with it provoking the disappearance of the magic. So, Esta needs to be careful and blend well in the group, help organize the heist, and she needs to con the Magician and return with the book to the present. As we all know, the plan will not go as planned!

I really liked the main characters, the only thing that annoyed me the most was the love line... I'm a sucker for good romance in fantasy books, but here it was too easy and a little bit superficial! One minute they hated each other, the next they were in love!

We have A LOT of main characters and the story was told from different perspectives, nevertheless, it wasn't hard to understand the plot, because it all blend really organically.

I recommend this book to people who like Cassandra Clare and S. j. Maas.

Fun magical heist novel with the tiniest bit of Gilded Age NYC.

I AM NOT SORRY FOR PUTTING CAPS (I LITERALLY STOPPED WATCHING DEMON SLAYER FOR THIS WHICH I WATCHED 50 TIMES BUT THATS NOT THE FUCKING POINT)

WHY HAVENT I READ THIS WHEN I GOT INTO READING IN 2020 OMG THIS BOOK IS BEAUTIFUL STUNNING AMAZING!!!! IF I DIDNT HAVE THE AUDIOBOOK WITH ME I WOULDNT HAVE FINISHED IT TODAY AHHHHHHH!!!!

I THINK IM IN LOVE!!!

This was great! I knew nothing about it going in, and found myself instantly hooked on the writing style and story. A awesome magic time-traveling thief and it's a woman? Checked a lot of boxes for me. I also love books with like gangs of thieves so this hit quite a few buzzwords for me. And I personally loved this slow building trust and romance thing going on too. I will be planning to pick up the sequel shortly!