Eh, it was okay. ( )

Good start to Paige, Lucas and Savannahs arc, glad we still get to see a bit of the pack ( )

TW/CW: Sex, sexual assault, murder, death, violence, fantasy violence, scary sequences

REVIEW: Dime Store Magic is the story of Paige Winterbourne, a twenty-something witch who has recently become coven leader after the death of her mother. When a custody battle begins over the young witch she is looking after, she joins with the lawyer and sorcerer Lucas Cortez to fight to keep Savannah where she belongs.

This is the third book of my reread, and one of my favorites! I love Paige and Lucas and I love looking into the different mythologies of Armstrong’s world more closely. This book is exciting and fast paced, and I really enjoyed reading it. While I like Paige and Lucas, I have to admit that Savannah gets on my nerves more than once, as she seems to be responsible for the great majority of their troubles. Yes, yes, I know she’s a kid, but I don’t have much patience for kids in the real world, either. Thankfully, I know enough to know that she gets better in later books so I can tolerate her well enough.

This is a good book and a good sequel to Stolen and I look forward to re-reading the next one! ( )

A really good read. ( )

Your enjoyment of this book will depend almost entirely on your tolerance for teenage tantrums. Because the vast majority of this book is an actual teenager and her guardian (who is old enough to know better) throwing teenage attitude and knowing it all better than everyone else. I actually think this book would have been a four-star at about 100 pages less, but unfortunately the beginning just drags on and on and on, knocking it down a star. That said, I prefer Paige as a main character over Elena, the main POV of the first two books, so there's that. ( )