Warping Minds & Other Misdemeanors

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Readeras part of a quick takes/catch up post, —emphasizing pithiness, not thoroughness.
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This book (and series, I guess) kicks off in the aftermath of Three Mages and a Margarita—and I love the idea of multiple series that are interwoven yet independent. It's going to get difficult to track at some point, I bet, but that's on me.

When the officials sweep in to clean up after 3 Mages one of the mages arrested is a low-powered psychic, Kit Morris. Really, the MPD is more interested in who Kit can lead them to than him—and they're playing hardball with him to get to his higher-powered pals.

What ensues is Kit trying to play the Agent who's trying to get him to flip and looking for a chance to escape (and neither working too well). A strange alliance forms between them.

I had a lot of fun with this one, maybe more than I did with its predecessor. Iggy Toma sold me on the characters, too, I really enjoyed the narration. I'm looking forward to spending more time in this world.

I love this book! Kit's a complex character, with baggage and a little trauma that causes fun consequences a few times. He's hilarious, clever, full of great movie references, and quite charming when he wants to be. I love his reactions, his quips, and his heartfelt moments.

While the Warped series and this book are a part of the Guild Codex universe (making them so much more fun if you've read Spellbound and Demonized), Kit can carry his own. He's not perfect by any stretch, and makes a few dumb decisions of course, but the authors have done an excellent job of conveying his reasons and motivations. Everything he does makes sense for him, whether it works out or not.

If you like magic, adventure, and fun, you'll like this book.