loppear reviewed Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
did not ship, did not click
3 stars
Promising noir murder mystery in a magic high school, I was kept guessing well but also meandered away from caring by the inconsistent stakes and gaps in attention.
Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magic. She is perfectly happy with her life life—she has an almost-sustainable career as a private investigator, and an empty apartment, and a slight drinking problem. It's a great life and she doesn't wish she was like her estranged sister, the magically gifted professor Tabitha.
But when Ivy is hired to investigate the gruesome murder of a faculty member at Tabitha’s private academy, the stalwart detective starts to lose herself in the case, the life she could have had, and the answer …
