Review: Review for "Grace of Small Magics" only
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2013
I have eagerly read all of Illona Andrews writing so far, and I have thought everything was fantastically written except for this short story. It's not bad. It follows the familiar Ilona Andrews archetype, strong female lead is trust into dangerous magical circumstances and a strong man is there to fight with her. In "Grace of Small Magic", Grace finds out unexpectedly that her family owes a debt to another clan, and they can be called at any time to be of service of them. The characters are interesting but in this brief story they aren't really developed enough, and they feel a bit hallow. The ending was a anti-climatic and entirely romantic focused and I would have liked to hear more about this interesting world and Grace's potential in it.While this story is still worth a read, I thought Alphas was much better.(Side note, in case it's important this story is pretty PG-13 and Alphas is definitely Rated-R)