Runaway Magic by Zilr Eliven

My review

Uh, all I got is I need more now. The world building in this urban fantasy is truly brilliant. You are immediately drawn in and not let go until the end, and all you can do is can I have more, please, and thank you.

Cym & Fourteen are both broken in their own unique ways that draw them together and yet have them not trusting the draw. These two have to fight their demons(past and present) to even have a chance at something. Then you have Marshall, Adelle, and Jack of the Guard whose story is happening along with Cym and Fourteens story, which draws you even more. And oh boy, once both stories collide pure utter chaos and excitement. Now, this is how you start an urban fantasy series. Yes, this book is more urban fantasy than romance, but as a first book in a series, for me, it just has you wanting more to see how it all plays out.

Book overview

Cym:

Freak. Disaster. Mistake. Cym had heard it all.

His magical family wasn’t content to lock him away ‘for the greater good’ anymore. No. Now they wanted him dead.

Protection? What was that? Cym had never known anyone who wanted to keep him safe. Either he relied on himself or he was toast. So when he landed in the lap of an assassin, Cym thought his luck was up. Little did he know his story was only beginning.

Fourteen:

No morals and a quick mind. How many times had Fourteen heard himself described that way? Usually right before getting sent on a mission they’d have to delete from his mind once he completed it.

But The Company would never be able to make him forget the terrified young man who landed in his lap during a firefight. Not when his touch made the icy cage of Fourteen’s conditioning burn away.

For someone who could barely be considered a person, Fourteen was finding it shockingly easy to act like one around Cym. Maybe that was why he was willing to do anything to keep him safe. He’d have to break Cym’s bad habit of running from him first, though.

Runaway Magic is a 119,000 word, slow-burn MM urban fantasy. You’ll find found family, obsessive love interests, and, of course, magic.

Runaway Magic (Guardians of Boston Book 1) https://a.co/d/36Nb7Gf