{"id":1134,"date":"2016-05-05T12:36:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T16:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2016-05-01T20:43:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T00:43:34","slug":"review-hexed-the-harlot-and-the-the-thief-volume-1-by-michael-nelson-and-dan-mora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"Review: Hexed: The Harlot and the the Thief volume 1 by Michael Nelson and Dan Mora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/61JNiv8JljL._SY344_BO1204203200_.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/61JNiv8JljL._SY344_BO1204203200_-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"61JNiv8JljL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/61JNiv8JljL._SY344_BO1204203200_-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/61JNiv8JljL._SY344_BO1204203200_.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a> Lucifer&#8217;s quest to steal and secure the dangerous magical artifacts of the world continues. While stealing a painting with an enchanted frame, she crosses a team employed by the mysterious and powerful Madam Cymbaline. She also tries to save a security guard from a more mundane problem\u2014a heart attack\u2014by trapping him in stasis in the painting. But \u201cThe Empty Garden\u201d isn&#8217;t so empty and Lucifer accidentally releases Cymbaline&#8217;s brother, Yves. After that it&#8217;s a fight to survive between the siblings who are determined to kill each other, and kill her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hexed_HarlotAndThief_v1_TP_PRESS-11.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1136\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1136 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hexed_HarlotAndThief_v1_TP_PRESS-11-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hexed_HarlotAndThief_v1_TP_PRESS-11\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hexed_HarlotAndThief_v1_TP_PRESS-11-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hexed_HarlotAndThief_v1_TP_PRESS-11-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hexed_HarlotAndThief_v1_TP_PRESS-11-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hexed_HarlotAndThief_v1_TP_PRESS-11.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>I absolutely love this series. It&#8217;s clever, mystical, but practical and the characters and artwork are fantastic. If you want something outside of the super man and barely dressed women of the genre, look here.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucifer&#8217;s quest to steal and secure the dangerous magical artifacts of the world continues. While stealing a painting with an enchanted frame, she crosses a team employed by the mysterious and powerful Madam Cymbaline. 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