Benedict Jacka: An Inheritance of Magic

 Hi everyone

An Inheritance of Magic is the first book in Benedict Jacka's new series called Inheritance of Magic.
I really enjoyed Jacka's first series; Alex Verus so I had to get this one. I got it from Bol.

"The wealthy seem to exist in a different, glittering world from the rest of us. Almost as if by... magic.
Stephen Oakwood is a young man on the edge of this hidden world. He has talent and potential, but turning that potential into magical power takes money, opportunity, and training. All Stephen has is a minimum wage job and a cat.
But when a chance encounter with a member of House Ashford gets him noticed by the wrong people, Stephen is thrown in the deep end. For centuries, the vast corporations and aristocratic Houses of the magical world have grown impossibly rich and influential by hoarding their knowledge. To survive, Stephen will have to take his talent and build it up into something greater—for only then can he beat them at their own game."

This was good but not great. The story is quite slow and there are a lot of boring info-dumps. And even though there are a lot of info-dump moments, I have to say the magic-system still doesn't really make sense. But that could be me.

I did like the characters, the setting (London!) and the easy to read writingstyle.

The first book in this series was a mixed experience but I will defenitely read the second book in the Inheritance of Magic series because I enjoyed Jacka's Alex Verus series so much.

Happy reading.
Helena