In 1919, Ada Navarra—the intrepid daughter of immigrants—and Corinne Wells—a spunky, devil-may-care heiress—make an unlikely pair. But at the Cast Iron nightclub in Boston, anything and everything is possible. At night, on stage together, the two best friends, whose “afflicted” blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art, weave magic under the employ of Johnny Dervish, the club’s owner and a notorious gangster. By day, Ada and Corinne use these same skills to con the city’s elite in an attempt to keep the club afloat. When a “job” goes awry and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes they’re on the precipice of danger. Only Corinne—her partner in crime—can break her out of Haversham Asylum. But once Ada is out, they face betrayal at every turn.
Publication Year: 2016
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A haunting, new vision of the turbulent 20's, the magic of IRON CAST offers an intriguing mix of personal power and cultural vulnerability. Corinne and Ada are young women from markedly different families, but their friendship transcends racial and social boundaries.
I wish I found anyone else in this story as interesting as Ada and Corinne, but the betrayals and romances in the background rarely held my attention. When solving a mystery requires investigating the rest of the underground magic clubs, the number of new (and not yet interesting) characters doubled.
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Sexual content: Kissing, references or sex.