Quicksilver by Amanda Quick [Review]

Quicksilver (Arcane Society #11, Looking Glass Trilogy #2) by Amanda Quick
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: December 22, 2022

Arcane Society
1. Second Sight
2. White Lies
3. Sizzle and Burn
4. The Third Circle
5. Running Hot
6. The Perfect Poison
7. Fired Up
8. Burning Lamp
9. Midnight Crystal
9.5. The Scargill Cove Case Files
10. In Too Deep
11. Quicksilver - Paperback | Kindle
12. Canyons of Night

Looking Glass Trilogy
0.5. The Scargill Cove Case Files
1. In Too Deep
2. Quicksilver
3. Canyons of Night

Amanda Quick (aka Jayne Ann Krentz)
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening’s events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses. With no apparent way in or out, she’s rescued by a man she’s met only once before, but won’t soon forget...

Owen Sweetwater inherited his family’s talent for hunting the psychical monsters who prey on London’s women and children, and his investigation into the deaths of two glass-readers has led him here. The high-society types of the exclusive Arcane Society would consider Virginia an illusionist, a charlatan, even a criminal. But Owen knows better. Virginia’s powers are real—and so is the power she exerts over him simply with her presence. And if her abilities can be relied upon in the midst of great danger, they just might be the key to his investigation.

Thoughts on Quicksilver: The Sweetwaters are brooding their way onto the scene and I am SO here for it. I mean, they're not part of Arcane and they have specialized talents (and skills) that give them a leg up on hunting the monsters that stalk the night and pretty much everyone is a little leery of them. They're a family of deep secrets and I like when they get all tongue tied and flustered when they find the lady who completes them.

Not that Owen did the flustered thing. He was, however, definitely captivated. Virginia's abilities and strength called to him and he might have used the excuse of his investigation to get close, but we all know a Sweetwater KNOWS when he meets his special someone. And Virginia was that for him.

That said, Virginia might have liked a lot of things about Owen (having him get her out of a terrible situation was only the start of it), but she wasn't thrilled by his apparent view on glass-readers. In other words, it takes a bit for her to get on the same page as him as far as pursuing a relationship.

A little case of murder (or three), a few clockwork monstrosities, family, dangerous encounters, and more than a few steamy kisses. I do enjoy delving into the murky world Arcane lurks in and the Sweetwater family just makes it more exciting.