Meanwhile, Jared is forced to explore his magical heritage even as his mother’s ex-boyfriend David re-enters Jared’s life as a stalker. He ends up living with his estranged aunt, Mave, and quickly finds himself in the midst of an extended family, all of whom have their own issues to deal with. Having graduated high school early thanks to correspondence courses, Jared is almost eighteen and ready to attend technical school. Jared has been sober for nearly a year when he moves to Vancouver. Trigger warnings in this book for discussions of alcoholism, suicide, and self-harm, as well as forced drinking of alcohol. Spoilers for the first book but not this one. This kind of urban fantasy (as opposed to the more hardboiled, investigative/mystery urban fantasy that seems to predominate) is exactly what I need right now. Whereas Son of a Trickster was a slow burn towards pulling the veil back on the magical elements of the story, Trickster Drift is fairly upfront about it all. In particular, the book shifts more concretely into urban fantasy territory. Trickster Drift picks up about a year after Son of a Trickster, and it’s everything I wanted in a sequel and then some.
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