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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote in [community profile] books2022-01-04 09:25 pm

Night Shift Dragons

Night Shift Dragons by Rachel Aaron

Book 3 of Opal's adventures. Spoilers ahead for the earlier books.

Opal is in hiding, not even letting her AI connect to the web, working in the garden of her mentor and learning magic while her father is unconscious.

When her mentor suggests that summoning the Spirit of Dragons might work despite the difficulty and danger, she tries it. Novelty and booze have their effects.

But it barely helps. And leaving hiding reveals Nik did something desperate in her absence.

It involves making use of an accidental effect, a magical spiral, unbreakable contracts, pumpkins and watermelons, her father's skill at weeding, disappointing a crowd, and more.