You Know Me As Lad

Perfect. Absolutely perfect from the intense beginning to the even more intense end.

When I was told to read this book I didn't think it would be nearly as damned amazing as it is. Seriously. I am blown away. Lord Crane is back, reluctantly, from China to handle the affairs and estate that have been left to him by his odious father and older brother. When it turns out someone is trying to kill him he is referred to magic practitioner Stephen Day. The two meet and what follows is an engrossing, intense, and exciting story of magic, evil plots, ghosts, warlocks, and more.

First we have Crane. He was sex on legs. A man who's been living in China and living life his own way, he's everything you would not expect of aristocracy. Tattoos, mouth like a sailor, amazing body, and a dirty fighter. And then we have Stephen. Stephen is small, rust haired, barely five feet tall, full of sass, and a powerful magical practitioner. I loved these guys together. I loved that they didn't immediately want to sex each other up. Crane thinks Stephen is entirely too small and scrawny. Stephen has bad history with Crane's family and is not inclined to like Crane. It takes a while for these guys to come together but when they do? ELECTRIC!

The plot is this book is just as cool as the characters. I'm usually not into magic but damn this book had me on the edge of my seat!! I also liked that the bad guys in this book were BAD. Seriously BAD. I'm not even going to break down how awful those characters acted because part of the awesomeness of this book was how I was not expecting a lot of it.

This is a book that I DEFINITELY recommend. Even if you don't like magic I still think you should read it. It's SO WORTH IT.