The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time by Josiah Bancroft


Isolde and Warren have had a wonderful night out, but Isolde wants to stop and check in on an artist she has admittedly blown off. Margit was commissioned to create several hexes and she is worried that they are dangerous. Finding the building unlocked Isolde heads upstairs only to find that Margit has been murdered and adding more chaos to an already chaotic situation Det. Broxburn appears suspiciously on the scene, he immediately accuses Isolde of murder. But in the next second, an explosion takes place on the horizon and Isolde finds herself preparing for a night out on the town with her husband...

I know a lot of people aren't fans of time traveling but I'm saying give this one a chance! It was a lot of fun and it's not a blatant time travel. It's subtle, there are small shifts that hint at changes to the timeline, plus we the reader know it's been changed where the characters have no idea what's going on. I found it really cleverly done and completely plausible in the world Bancroft has created. 

In terms of the mystery, I feel like I knew who it was almost immediately but the why of it escaped me. When I found out, it genuinely was such a whiny, poor me reason that I was incensed when I learned the reason they had murdered numerous people, it was seriously selfish. 

I think what I really loved about this is that we find out some stuff about magic that genuinely seems like a no-brainer to anyone looking from the outside in. Magic has kind of stagnated, especially Hexology, Basically they believe they've uncovered all of the possible Hexes, but thanks to the bad guy not being aware of this he's able to discover that they've only really touched the surface of what they can do. 

Highly recommend this series, it's just a lot of fun with some lovable characters!

As always thanks to NetGalley and Orbit for the eArc!

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