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This is a debut series from the one and only Kim Harrison. This struck me as having shades of the Dresden Files. The book is clearly setting up for a longer series, and as such the first 40% is fairly slow-paced, building up what we are supposed to know to understand this new universe of mages, mundanes (magical have-nots, or mudbloods if you are familiar with that terminology), and sweepers. I found myself wondering where it was all going until all of a sudden things started clicking into place about the mid-way point. The last 30% was intense and action packed. If I was rating it only for the first half, it would have fallen short of expectations, with a lot of repetition and some head-scratching, but by the ending I was sold. I'll definitely be reading the next. Having said that, the plot of book 1 is nicely tied up (no cliff hanger) and that I do greatly appreciate.
This looks to be the start of a great new urban fantasy series.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 @𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘺𝘱𝘶𝘣 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 #𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺!

This is my first Kim Harrison novel and it certainly won't be the last. Three Kinds of Lucky was an exciting fantasy set in Tucson, Arizona which in this story is home to a mage college hidden in plain sight. In fact, mages themself are often working mundane jobs as a sort of cover for their magical skills.
Three Kinds of Lucky introduces us to Petra Grady, a sweeper, whose task is to contain and clean up dross, the byproduct of magic. Sweepers are often disparagingly referred to as magical trashmen, but uncontained dross causes bad luck - tripping, spilled coffee, fenders benders or worse depending on the size of the dross “drift”. When we're first introduced to her, Petra is cleaning up a dross spill at an office that was left too long and she also encounters a shadow. Shadows are darkness in form and can easily kill a mage if they get shadow touched. Petra has been told to join the research team of Dr. Benedict Strom, a childhood acquaintance who's made a breakthrough on the process of making dross inert without attracting shadows. It's controversial and Petra is vehemently against it due to the lack of testing and her own years of experience. Not to mention, if it goes wrong, the project could create or attract a powerful shadow like the one that killed her father a decade prior.
If this sounds like a lot that's because it is. Three Kinds of Lucky has one of the more complex and detailed magic systems I've come across and I loved it. I do think it could have used a bit more repetition on terms and how things work because I found myself forgetting or confusing small details for probably half the book. While I didn't mind this much, I could see this driving away some who might be newer fantasy readers or who prefer a more whimsical magic in their stories.
Petra herself is a likable character who seems to take the tragic events of her past in stride without being numb to them. She misses her father, resents the man who is said to have killed him, and cares deeply for her coworkers, friends, and her sweet lab, Pluck. The crew of sweepers and spinners she works with are an eclectic group and it's easy to like most of them despite the sparse details on them. Her roommate Ashley is one of the few mages Petra really associates with thanks to a lot of long held prejudices, but Ashley is most certainly a flawed character. She's kind of awful actually. Strom, Petra’s unlucky boss gives mixed vibes thanks to his stubborn insistence that his project works but he's also clearly got a thing for Petra.
Overall, I had a great time with this book and can't wait to check out the sequel, which promises a whole new adventure in a new location. This series has tons of potential and I hope it continues on its current path!

Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison is the first book in her new The Shadow Age series. We meet Petra Grady, our heroine, who is a sweeper extraordinaire, who has the unique ability to handle dross, a damaging, magical waste. Dross is magical garbage that is left behind by mages performing magic. Petra has never been able to perform magic, but she has the rare talent to in handling the dross: dross if left lying around, can turn into bad luck for anyone who touches it.

Benedict Strom, a former friend, has been working to crack a code by neutralizing dross. He needs someone like Petra, with her unique abilities, to help research aimed at making it less dangerous. Petra wants nothing to do with what she feels is dangerous and hopeless, but her boss forces her to become part of Benedict’s team. Her life is about to change drastically.

After a terrible accident blows up the lab, both Petra and Benedict are on the run. Seems Benedict is being blamed for the explosion, and Petra decides to seek out an exiled outcast, who knows everything about the Mages, Dross and Shadows. Upon meeting the man who was close to her deceased father, Petra shortly will learn that she does have hidden talents, which will change everything.

Petra comes into contact with Shadow, which is feared by all magic users. Petra manages to build on her contact with shadow, with mental talking to each other, which also leads her to have magical ability. I did felt bad when her lovable dog, Pluck, dies; but later on, the Shadow Pluck becomes an important part of the changes, especially her having weaver abilities. What follows is an exciting last third of the book, with Petra, Benedict, her father’s friend, and Len (a militia member) who will fight the mages. I will say I really hated her roommate, Ashley, who turned into an evil person.

Three Kinds of Lucky was a very good start to this new series, and was very well written by Kim Harrison. I look forward to what she has in store for us, with the next book.

Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison is the first audiobook in the Shadow Age fantasy series. Narrated by Marguerite Gavin, Harrison introduces us to Petra Grady, a sweeper in a magic filled world where spellwork creates waste. Fabulous world-building and an unthinkable accident made this an exciting start to this new series.

Harrison drops us into this alternate world alongside sweeper, Petra Grady as she is dealing with magical waste known as dross. It was a strange altercation, leaving her with damaged equipment and unease.

Petra is unwillingly assigned to work with childhood crush Benedict Strom, on his dross research project at the Mage University where she works. She thinks the project is dangerous and her unanswered attraction annoys the heck out of her. I liked the tension and unresolved issues between them.

When an unimaginable event occurs, Petra and Benedict go into hiding as they search for an outcast that Petra believes got her father killed, but might just be able to save them all. Betrayal, fringe magic users, dross and untapped abilities quickly pulled me into the world.

A heroine with untapped potential, a world of magic users and cleaners. Yep, this was a fun set up and opening to the series. Some areas dragged a little, but we had some terrific battle scenes, twists and surprises that set the series up perfectly.

If you are an animal lover, be warned something upsetting occurs. View Spoiler »

Marguerite Gavin narrates giving us the voice of Petra and enhances the overall story for me. I highly recommend listening.

Solid urban fantasy but I’m a wee bit creeped out by making the guy that’s been an ass to her for years, like maybe a decade or more, appear to be the potential love interest. No. Nope. No…. Celibacy is infinitely better than falling for a self important self absorbed jerk. Especially one with a multi year history of treating you badly. If you’re someone who needs to hear this don’t date the jerk. Dump the jerk if you’re dating one. You can do better.
I don’t think book two is for me because those hints of bad choice romance really put me off but her fans will probably love the series. I will say the magic system is an interesting setup. Having to have someone clean magic toxic waste is a solid idea and makes for a good character premise,

Kim Harrison’s urban fantasies keep getting better and better. Her first book in The Shadow Age series, Three Kinds of Lucky , has great characterization and world-building with a unique new magical world. Petra Grady knows she has no talent for magic. However, as a sweeper first-class she’s turned her ability to handle the damaging magical waster generated by mages into a decent life working at the mage’s university.

However, when her childhood acquaintance Benedict Strom needs someone with her abilities for his research project, she gets stuck working on his team. However, he doesn’t understand magical waste the way she does. When an accident occurs, they go on the run to seek the one person who might we able to help. Grady learns of hidden talents that could risk the world has they know it.
Grady can be surly and sour due to the way sweepers are treated, but she is great at her job and can even smell magic. Sweepers are considered low status, but they’re in high demand. Despite this, they are treated with condescension. Benedict is sure his project can revolutionize how magical waste is dealt with, but he’s not good at explaining complex things to others.

Besides great characterization, the worldbuilding is excellent. The stunning plot has twists and turns as the story builds momentum. There is plenty of action, conflict, and suspense as well as a few surprises along the way. Wait until you read the incredible conclusion!

Overall, this was an entertaining story with compelling characters, excellent world-building, gripping scenes, and a magic system that is unique. Accepting responsibility, treatment of others, friendship, betrayal, death, trust, and power play various roles in this exciting story. I am looking forward to the next book in the series. I highly recommend this series to those who love urban fantasies. There should be a content warning for one scene in the book.

Berkley Publishing Group, Ace and Kim Harrison provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. Publication date is currently set for March 05, 2024.

A young adult urban fantasy, that offers a fresh look on magic.

Petra, nothing but a Sweeper first class who cleans up mage’s spells and drolls. When she gets tangled up with an ex best friend overseeing an impossible project, she finds strange happenings around her as she finds herself with magic she never knew she had.

I really loved the political aspects throughout — from the mage being ‘high class’, sweepers going around and cleaning up messes left behind and all the different factions and groups. They simply add a layer of depth that I thoroughly enjoyed.

The characters were great and memorable, sometimes not nearly as likable. The world building is superior here and after a few recent fantasy reads being duds, it was relieving to read a book that had its ducks in a row.

Thank you to Kim Harrison and Berkley Publishing for the eARC!

A new urban fantasy series featuring a girl who finds herself with magic she never new she had and dealing with working with her ex best friend who might have created something that could destroy the world. Petra Grady is a Sweeper first class, she is tasked with cleaning up mage's spells and dross, the damaging, magical waste made from mage's spells. Sweepers are considered as second-class but Petra is an extremely talented one. When she is forced to work with Benedict Storm, her childhood friend turned nemesis who broke her heart and destroyed their friendship, she is not excited. Benedict is working on research that could render the Mages' dross inactive and make Sweepers obsolete. Petra knows this is an impossible task and that whatever Benedict is doing is going to end up being dangerous and a failure, yet her team wants her on the project to oversee what is happening and give them insight. Benedict doesn't understand dross the way Petra does and strange things are happening around Petra, from her roommate acting weird to her neighbor being around her more... not to mention the fact that Petra might have to finally get out of her own shadow and reveal her talents... which could shatter the world. This book is the first book in a series and unfortunately I don't think I will be continuing on with this series. The book had an interesting world at first but then I found myself disliking the characters and not at all caring about what happened to them or the world. The magic system was unique and I liked the urban fantasy setting. I however, did not like Petra at all. Petra made terrible decisions that had me frustrated and honestly I couldn't care less about the other characters and what they were doing. It felt like a drag trying to get to the end of the book and I so badly wanted to DNF it many times but kept pushing myself to finish in hopes that maybe it would get better (spoiler: it did not). I feel that if you like slow moving urban fantasy novels with a pretty naive and young protagonist and no romance, give this one a go, maybe you'll have a better time with it than I did.

*Thanks Netgalley and Berkley Publishing Group, Ace for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

Three Kinds of Lucky
By Kim Harrison
This book was just the book I needed at the time! It's totally original and fresh! A new view on magic. We have a world where magic users are quite uppity and use magic that leaves a residue called dross. Not everyone can see it. Petra can and she is someone that goes around and cleans up the mess these uppity magic users make! They rarely clean up after themselves. The dross causes bad luck for anyone that comes in contact with it so Petra, and others like her, do their job and the dross is stored away so everyone is safe.
But something happens, something no one could have foreseen, now every thing is changed. Petra and her childhood friend, Ben, have to find the only one that might be able to help them before it's too late.
Great characters, twists, suspense, fantasy, situations, and unique and original story! I can't wait to find out more about these characters and what happens. This story has me hooked!
I want to thank the publisher for the opportunity to read this book!

✨ARC MINI BOOK REVIEW✨

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

My favorite thing about this book is the most unique type of magic I’ve seen. Mage’s use magic which separates light waves from particles leaving behind “dross” or bad luck. Our FMC can’t do magic but she can see the mystical mess and has a unique skill to clean it up.

When a childhood friend turned stranger comes into town and threatens to destroy her livelihood with his new invention, everything changes. Our FMC finds herself on his team despite her reservations about his ideas.

The premise of this book sounded so interested to me but I’m left feeling a mix of enjoyment and disappointment. The writing was lazy at times, the characters were frustrating and sometimes came across as flat, and I couldn’t find myself being fully invested in them. My favorite character came in a little over halfway through the book and frankly he didn’t get enough screen time.

The action scenes read a bit chaotic and messy, and there’s a huge plot point that frustrated me. It felt like a cop out, despite the fact that it is somewhat replaced later. SLIGHT SPOILER— Death of a furry friend.

The world building, though confusing at times, and the magic system was the better part of the story and the plot made up for the other faults. This was enough to keep me going and despite some head scratching moments towards the end, I will be continuing this series as the next comes out, even if it is mostly to see my favorite character again.

The pacing of the book is it’s biggest flaw. I struggled to get into it or face the desire to pick it up at first. However, once I got into it I found myself not really wanting to put it down.

I think the biggest takeaway to remember is I am almost 30 years old reading a book meant for teenagers. If I read this in high-school I probably would have loved it. So take this review with that in mind.

Thank you to @netgalley and @berkleypub for a free copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.

This review was originally posted on Books of My Heart


Review copy was received from NetGalley, Publisher. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

The Shadow Age is a new series with a complex magic system. The setting is a smaller university town just east of Tucson, Arizona. It seems a bit odd the main character is Petra Grady which has a Scandinavian feel, while it is actually Greek and Irish origins. Anyway, Petra is a likely urban fantasy heroine with her parents gone, and her skills a bit odd.

Petra is at the bottom of mage society as a sweeper. Mages doing magic produce dross (light). Sweepers don't do actual magic but clean up the dross after mages. Spinners can do a bit of magic relating to containment of dross. So Petra is a superior sweeper but can't do magic. Her mentors are spinners and more experienced sweepers who run the vault where all the collected dross is stored and shadows are destroyed.

Benedict Strom is a mage from her childhood. He has a project to make dross inert so it doesn't have to be stored. He hurt Petra's feelings in childhood. Benedict wants Petra on his project team, but she thinks it is dangerous.

When things go spectacularly wrong, Petra and Benedict work together to find an old spinner who was a friend of her dad. But there are many political factions battling, not to mention the innocent mundanes. There is the mage militia who try to keep things safe and, to a certain degree the mages in charge. The separatists are more of a terrorist group, also for mage superiority, but some would even kill the spinners and sweepers, to be the only magic in control.

But it turns out there is a long forgotten class of magic users, the weavers. Weavers work with shadow and light, keeping the balance. Weavers don't need to kill shadows in dross vaults because they can control them. Petra starts on her journey of learning to weave in a crisis. She has to avoid mage knowledge of her because some of them just can't have any one with power they don't control.

I enjoyed Three Kinds of Lucky. The first book is always a bit to understand the world and learn about the characters. There is much yet to know and learn, both about the past and the present. Petra and Benedict have the touch of romance, not yet developed. With their skills, they will be involved in the future technology. I'll be interested to see where things go from here, if Petra can remain safe and build even more skills.

Petra Grady spends her time sweeping up dross, magical hazmat that is leftover whenever a spell is cast. However, when she is assigned to a special case with Benedict Strom dross cleanup goes sideways and it will take everything Petra has to ensure the city doesn’t get destroyed.

Verdict: As the beginning of a new series by Kim Harrison, this book has promise in reviving Urban Fantasy readers by introducing a new world with new concepts and ideas. The story arc was well thought out and overall, the writing was very well done. One small note, while I enjoyed reading about this new world and Petra’s abilities in cleaning up magical waste, I am not a fan of killing off animals or pets and could have done without that particular scene. Overall, for those looking for something fresh and new to read in the UF genre, they should definitely give this one a try!

Petra is a sweeper, which means she has the unique ability to see dross, the waste product created by mages when they do magic. Dross is also bad luck - when it breaks, it can cause something as simple as a snag in your clothes; enough of it can cause a five car pile-up, or worse. Unfortunately, sweepers are looked down on, so when Petra tries to convince Benedict that his process for rendering dross inert is flawed, he blows a gasket and she quits. Benedict has the honor of being Petra's high school crush (who wanted to be her "secret friend" so no one would know they hung out) and the only person she trusts when things go horribly wrong.

The first chunk of this book is a little bit of a slog - there's a LOT of world building going on. However, if you can get through that, this book is very interesting and engaging. The magic system is so interesting and feels very new, and I'm excited to see where this series goes.

I received this ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest and voluntary review. I was in no way compensated for this review.



Kim Harrison starts off with a brand new series with Three Kinds of Lucky and we enter a whole new world of magic! This is a world with magic and shadows and all the complications that come from their uses and Petra is the one who comes in to clean up the messes.

I will admit, that things started off a little rocky in this one. It can be hard sometimes entering a new world with new rules and the way magic works. I think what threw me in this one was being introduced to new magical terms and never really getting a definition for them. You kind of had to work out what was going on with that term by context and its surrounding words. Which, is not always easy, let me tell you! But I love Kim's books so I was determined to see it through!

In this world we follow Petra Grady who is considered a sweeper, as she is the one to come in and clean up after magical occurrences. When magic is used, it leaves behind something called dross. If left unchecked, dross becomes dangerous and uncontrollable, so it's vital that it gets "cleaned up" asap.

Petra is given a new assignment though that will involve being the dross cleaner for her old friend, Benedict. She and Benedict have a complicated history. It seems they were friends once before in school, but then Benedict turned his back on her (though there's more to it than that of course) and thus their friendship fizzled. But when Benedict's projects leave the university in disastrous results, she and Benedict must flee.

While I did find the concept of magic and dross to be a bit complicated in this one, I did find I enjoyed the story with the characters. The characters were what kept me going for sure! I just wish the world-building could've been better explained. I know I was reading an ARC, but I feel like this book could have benefits from a glossary to explain what some of these terms that Harrison created were. If I had had a better insight to what they meant, it might have made it easier to understand this new world we were in.

But needless to say, there is magic in this world and it can be dangerous. There are some groups within this world, some who want to keep using magic, heedless of the dross that can be created from it, and others who want to contain magic and limit the use.

The characters were very deep in this one! It seems everyone was harboring a secret of some kind in this one and it lead to yet another explosive ending! There was a bit of romance brewing in this one. Petra and Benedict have history, so naturally, that history is coming roaring forward. It's a subtle kind of attraction as I will say this book has next to no heat when it comes to romance. Which is fine in of itself, as romance doesn't really fit into the story at large. But things are definitely be built up for the future.

All in all, I did like this one. I can't say it's a new favorite series, but it's interesting for sure. Perhaps I find myself in yet another case where it's best not to read a new series on my Kindle as things just don't mesh right. But that's a me issue, lol. This is an interesting new world Harrison has set up and within time I look forward to learning more about it.


Overall Rating 3/5 stars

Petra Grady is a Sweeper first-class. While she doesn't have magic of her own, she has the uncanny ability to see and handle dross—the disruptive, magical waste generated by the Mages' spell work. Sweepers have always been treated as second-class citizens by the Mages—janitors put on this earth to clean up their mess. But fortunately, Petra's got a few other hidden tricks up her sleeve. Until her life is turned on its head by the sexy, exasperating Benedict Strom with his research project to render the Mages' dross inactive and innocuous, which just might make the Sweepers obsolete.

I've been a fan of Kim Harrison's books since the Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series, so I jumped on this book, hoping that some fresh blood and a new series would reignite my passion. I found there was a lot to like, along with a couple things I didn't.

Like The Hollows series, I thoroughly enjoy the complex, original magical worlds that Kim Harrison creates, even though I found this magic system a little harder to grasp. I kept mixing up the differences between the types of dross, which attracts the shadow, and how shadow comes to be in the first place. So yeah, if you're looking for complex, this is it! It wasn't as playful and fun as The Hollows—but then again, Pluck is no Jenks. But enough for comparisons... this is an entirely new series and from here on out, I plan to review it that way.

Before I go on about all the fantastic elements of this story, let me get out of the way a couple things that didn't jive with me: First was the fact that the lab was planning to test on live animals... and second... well that's more of a spoiler so I won't mention it here.

Throughout the book, I really jived with the analogy of the Mages and their discarded dross to the gravely polluted world we live in today. Oblivious people leaving behind their junk while expecting others to clean up after them. It's that same sense of superiority and entitlement where it's always someone else's problem, not theirs.

As the main character, Petra is smart and resourceful, a kickass, take-charge kind of gal. The magical world she lives in, kept hidden from the mundanes, is complex yet intriguing. Her counterpart, Benedict, sounds yummy, and while the relationship between the two was initially fraught with tension, I'm anxious to see how it plays out given that her feelings towards him see-saw quite a bit throughout the tale.

That said, I did find the writing to be a bit sloppy with some inconsistencies and contradictory info, but that's probably just because I was reading an uncorrected ARC, so I'm assuming all those will be ironed out in the final draft.

Overall, a wonderful new world from the mind of Kim Harrison, and another kickass heroine to love. Looking forward to more!

I have a really hard time reviewing this book. The author's imagination for a new magic system and world is astounding, but the book doesn't really get going until the 60% which is asking a lot.

I was pulled in my the fascinating world that the author has created - dross and shadows are fascinating and the concept of a physical magical by-product is very interesting. I think that the general plotline of the main character is interesting, and a bit different take on the "special savior" trope. But the first 40% of the book could have been removed and I don't know that much of the story would have changed since for most of the book the plot doesn't seem to be a priority to the world-building. For the world building all of it was directed at dross and shadows portion I still don't really understand how the magic users work, it was honestly a surprise any time Benedict or Ashley used magic. It just felt like if you are going to spend so much time on the world building how do I still have so many questions about this world?And I feel like the focus on worldbuilding meant that the characters weren't given as much attention. Outside the main character the characters fall into one of two categories: unlikable or barely fleshed out. Even the main character's motivations felt scattershot at times.

All of these are not not breaking points for me, but I am more disappointed that a book from a major 5 Publisher from a well known author is at this point. This book needs editing. It has all the elements of a great book, but the version I read isn't there.

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the dog dies

This is a fun ride in urban fantasy. I enjoyed it being a relatively "normal" main character who cannot do magic herself but still has to interact with it constantly. As it is the start of a new series, there is a lot of world-building and getting drawn in. I think it definitely leans a bit heavier into the world-building than her previous books. I'm not a huge fan of the romance piece but it worked okay for this installment. I think this one does drop you into a complicate world without explaining too much so the world-building does feel like it takes a long time to get started.

Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison introduced me to a creative new fantasy world, though my reading experience was mixed. For the first time ever, I found myself tired of reading a particular word. It was said many times on every page, and I'm not sure what it was about this word - because it was essential to the story - but seeing it so many times irritated me. I am still trying to figure out what to make of that, so I won't say any more.

The magic system, however, and the world both intrigued me. The world is developed very well. I understood the different sides and their ideals. The magic system was more of an enigma. The by-product is something called dross, a word in our own language that means rubbish, and that's basically what it is - magical rubbish. But there is much more to be learned about this system.

The story is about Petra Grady, a Sweeper of dross whose life is turned upside down when the current magic system of mages and sweepers is blown to pieces. She has to reidentify herself as what she truly is. The pacing is fast, and the thrills are non-stop. I sped-read my way through the story with all of its twists and turns. And I loved where it ended with a lovely soft conclusion rather than a cliffhanger.

Thanks to Netgalley and Berkley for the early copy of Three Kinds of Lucky. Below you'll find my honest review.

I'm a huge fan of Kim Harrison's Hollows novels - both the original series and the recent continuation. I liked her Drafter novels and was disappointed we never got the end of the trilogy.

This one was a really good series opener. She built a cool world with an interesting take on magic, along with some great characters. I did figure out the "traitor" early on, but she did set it up to be obvious to the reader.

I had trouble putting this one down and absolutely loved it - except for one thing. I'll put it at the bottom so you can choose whether or not to read it. This will slightly spoil, so look away if you're not interested in a spoiler.

All in all, definitely recommend for Urban Fantasy fans or fans of The Hollows. 4 stars.

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New series by Kim Harrison. Looks promising, even if this first book, THREE KINDS OF LUCKY is a bit of an uneven read. Petra Grady is a Sweeper with an unusual talent, one that is supposedly in the lowest of the magical world. She cleans up what spells leave behind and can't actively do magic of her own. When she comes in contact with Shadow, something all magic users fear, something changes and she wonders if she might be more magical than she thought.

Like Kim Harrison’s writing style, will give the next book in the series a read. Recommended for fans of Harrison and magical fantasy.