This is my favourite InCryptid book since the first two - and I think I like Antimony even better than Verity. I can't wait to see what she'll do next (and what the Covenant is up to now).

As this was book 6 in the series, i found that i should have read the others before jumping into this new world created.

In saying that, i found this story interesting and wanting to go and check out the others in the series!

It's official: Antimony is my favorite of the Price siblings! Consequently this is my favorite book in the series. Unfortunately Annie is paying for her sister's mistakes and was sent to infiltrate the covenant. It made for an entertaining read because I was just waiting for something to go wrong. There was no way Annie would last long among a group of ruthless killers without giving something away. Let's face it: the only way to join the bad guys is to truly become one.

Annie could kick ass much like Verity, but she is more down to earth. It's funny that she holds so much animosity towards Verity since they are alike in many ways. She was loyal, smart, and quick witted. I loved it that Annie did everything on her own. It's rare to find a heroine who doesn't need a male sidekick to survive, but she was completely alone. Calling her family to help her out or even to bounce ideas off of never even crossed her mind. Considering the sticky situation she was in, it was impressive.

Most of the covenant people were despicable. Now Leo was somewhat likable, but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. Then again the Price's have a habit of making covenant men change their ways. I'm not saying they were dating or anything, just making a point. Sam wasn't covenant, but Annie met him because of them. He was awesome! Sure he was a bit of a dick and swore, but what's not to like about that?

I wasn't sure how all of this was going to play out in the end. The covenant put Annie in a spot where her values were tested in more ways than one. There was a major surprise at the end involving the covenant. I don't believe what they predicted will happen the way they want it to, but we definitely haven't seen the last of them yet.

I felt so damn bad for Annie at the end. It was an honorable but incredibly hard choice to make. Why did her family do this to her? I don't mean Verity although the ball got rolling because of her but her parents. Who does that to their kid? The risks were extremely high with minimal benefits at best. Now her life is fucked thanks to them. The things Annie mentioned at the end about why she is doing what she's doing, well I was wondering at the beginning of the book why her family didn't take any of that into consideration. How did they think this would end for her? Then again they may have something up their sleeves that she doesn't know about. All I know is I am dying for the next one!

Seanan McGuire's Incryptid series is one of my absolute favorites. I purchase for my personal collection as well as for my library.

Electronic ARC provided by NetGalley.

"Magic for Nothing" is another great installment of the InCryptid series, this time focusing on youngest sibling Antimony Price as she is tasked with following up on Verity's actions at the end of "Chaos Choreography." I'm starting to think that my early problems with this series were mostly due to the fact that I had a hard time connecting with Verity. Starting off with her perspective made the series seem a bit light and frivolous, but as the series has progressed I've become more and more invested in the family.

After Verity essentially outed the family on national TV, the Prices decided that they needed to send a spy inside the Covenent to bring back information. Enter, Antimony, the Price girl who doesn't really look like the rest of the family and so (hopefully) won't be caught and killed immediately. Antimony is understandably resentful at the position her older sister's actions have placed her in, but is still willing to do what it takes to protect her family. Of course nothing is simple and Annie's task ends up being even more complicated then she imagined.

This book and "Chaos Choreography" have finally gotten me fully invested in the InCryptid series (I also finally read the free short stories that are on Seanan McGuire's website, which are great additions to the canon and really help to build a full image of the family). I'm glad that book seven is set to continue Antimony's story since I'm now incredibly interested in what she's going to do next.