Infernal Magic
Author: C.N. Crawford
Trope: Slow Burn
Point of view: Single, First person
Relationship: MF
Type of series: Part of a series
In a nutshell: She's forgotten her past. Too bad her past won't return the favour.
Ursula can't remember a single thing from before three years ago, so she has to keep her life simple. All she wants is to earn enough money for rent - and maybe a bit left over for a new pair of boots.
But on her eighteenth birthday, all hell breaks loose... quite literally... when a hellhound shifter shows up in her kitchen. Kester's lethally gorgeous, and he's come with a terrifying message: Ursula owes her soul to a demon.
No one seems to care that she doesn't remember striking that deal.
Thrust in the middle of a demonic war, Ursula fights her way across New York - and through the fae realm to survive. Along the way, she must reclaim her magical knowledge and her long-forgotten skills with the blade if she wants to escape eternal damnation.
What I thought: The first instalment in the Shadows & Flame series, Infernal Magic introduces us to the urban fantasy world in which Hellhounds, Fae and Demons exist and come to collect on debts you don’t recall making. The first book is dedicated to setting the scene for us, and introducing us the Ursula, Kester, Zee and Bael. I love this series so much, but I will say my favourites are the latter books in which the story develops into adventure, trials and a romance of epic proportions.
