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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Minimum Wage Magic" by Rachel Aaron.
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:17:38 -0500
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On 10/19/2024 10:42 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>     The title is "Minimum Wage Magic" by Rachel Aaron.
> 
>      She has invented Detroit Free Zone which is both the
> name of most of Detroit in 2115 and the living spirit of
> Detroit.  DFZ dispossessed the Goddess Algonquin
> who is the Goddess of the Great Lakes when Magic returned
> (after a meteor struck) along with Dragons and other magical
> beings.
>    The protagonist is one Opal Yong-we who is having a bad
> string of luck, you will find out why.  She works as a
> Cleaner which means that if you cannot or will not pay your
> rent the DFZ takes that space and seizes the property therein.
> Cleaners like Opal pay the city for the privilege of
> confiscating the defaulter's property and monetizing it.
> Opal has studied magic at University level but did so
> with tuition paid by her dad and it must be repaid. She
> finds a defaulter dead on this deal with little to make money
> from but a whole lot of trouble waiting in wings.
>      So it is a rousing tale of derring-do and done with a
> handsome armored former mercenary at her side with well-
> trained reflexes.
>      This is a relatively thin paperback and I can find no
> publisher just directions to more books at www.RachelAaron.net
>      I think I mentioned in the last year or so another novel
> by this individual who also wrote under the name Rachel Bach.
>      I have left the most important points about the story out
> but it is somewhat heart-warming in the ending.  Lots of dragon 
> involvement.
>      I found it to be good reading.
>      bliss

Is it as good as the Ilona Andrews books ?

https://www.amazon.com/Minimum-Wage-Magic-DFZ-Book/dp/195236700X/

270 pages with a 4.5 star out of 5 stars rating with 2,952 reviews on 
Big River.

I may buy a copy.  I have way too many books in my SBR though.

Lynn