I just finished reading "Poison Sleep" by T.A. Pratt. I always find names like this amusing. The bio inside the cover informs me that T.A. lives in Oakland, CA with "partner H.L. Shaw and their son." That's code for "T.A. is a lesbian who adopted a child with her life partner."The other interesting thing is her vagueness (assuming T.A. is a her). In her acknowledgments, she mentions "Locus, the best day job a writer could have." Her bio also mentions that she works "as a senior editor for a trade publishing magazine." Locus is a magazine specializing in science fiction and fantasy.
Here's where things get interesting, though. It turns out that T.A. Pratt is really Tim Pratt. He lives in Oakland with his wife Heather Shaw and their son River. Aside from this series that I just wrote, there are a number of other pieces he has written (and won awards for).
And that, my friends, is why it is dangerous to make assumptions and jump to conclusions.
Having said all that, on to the book itself. Very good read. It's the second book in a series following Marla Mason, the chief sorcerer of Felport. I haven't read the first book, which shows that you can pick up some series' right in the middle and not skip a beat.
Marla is in charge of keeping the city safe and protecting the ordinaries (Pratt's term for muggles *lol*) from being aware of the existence of magic. The book is full of interesting plot twists and colorful characters, and it is a fairly easy and quick read. I have the next book in the series and imagine I will be done with that one in a couple of days.
If you enjoy urban fantasy (the genre where the supernatural exists in the real world, with entries such as the popular TV show True Blood, based upon the Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris and, of course, Twilight), then you should enjoy this read, as well.
Happy reading!
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