The “Bad Magic” series continues to excel. I loved book one of the series: “Bad Magic and Whiskey” and the related (but not technically part of the series) “The Phantasm Prism”, a prequel and stand-alone. Book 2 of the series, “Necromancers and Navy Grog”, like the previous Jacobson books, has a great, well-paced story, excellent settings and amazing characters; protagonists and antagonists alike. The book kept me enthralled from start to finish. I'm hoping that Jacobson will write many more books in the series. Thank you to Netgalley and Blackridge Publishing, LLC for the advance reader copy.

This book was so good. Easy to follow, sucks you in for good fun, All of the characters had SO much character without being weighed down with back-story. Feel-good female sherlockian murder mystery whodunit.

In book 2 of the Bad Magic series, Mick Kelly's partner is murdered, so Mick is on the hunt for answers. Set in 1881 San Francisco, Mick goes up against corruption, criminal vice, bad magic, a mystical artifact everyone is willing to kill for, crime bosses, water spirits, and monsters who look almost human. This supernatural historical fiction novel is a fun, quick read. It is fast-paced, I love the novelty of the historical aspect of it, and Mick is the ultimate female protagonist. She is brilliant, funny, feels confident in her own skin despite her scars, and doesn't feel the need to have a man by her side. What more could you want?