Allie Beckstrom

The Allie Beckstrom series by Devon Monk is an Urban Fantasy series set in The Unmasqued World.

Currently consists of:

• Magic to the Bone
• Magic in the Blood
• Magic in the Shadows
• "The Sweet Smell of Cherries" (in Crime Spells Anthology)
• Magic on the Storm
• Magic at the Gate
• Magic on the Hunt
• Magic on the Line
• Magic Without Mercy
• Magic for a Price (forthcoming)

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Tropes used in Allie Beckstrom include:

• Amnesiac Lover: After the climax of Magic to the Bone
• Anxiety Dreams: Allie comments on not having them.
• Black Magic: Used by Cody's captors
• Blinded by the Light: Allie uses it as too simple to be expected.
• Blood Magic: Used by Cody's captors
• Brown Eyes: Zayvion, in the absence of magic
• Charm Person: Allie's father
• Children Are Innocent: Why Allie could not have hurt a boy
• Claustrophobia: Allie has it
• Curse: Being called in to deal with one starts off the first bookk.
• Dead Person Conversation: In Magic in the Blood
• Easy Amnesia: One consequence of magic
• Equivalent Exchange: a central trope
• Eyes of Gold: Zayvion, in the presence of magic
• Follow the White Rabbit: Allie alludes to.
• A Friend in Need: Zayvion, several times
• Gold Digger: Allie's stepmothers, in her
• Go Mad From the Isolation: Used on Cody
• Kaleidoscope Eyes: See brown eyes and eyes of gold
• Knight in Shining Armor: Allie plays with this.
• May-December Romance: Violet and Allie's father
• Mother Goose: Allie uses as her mantra.
• Mysterious Past: Zayvion
• Never Got to Say Goodbye: A mild case
• Oedipus Complex
• Raised by Wolves: Allie describes herself as this once.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: Zayvion, prepared for a date.
• Slasher Smile: A villain tries smiling while making an offer to Allie
• Subject 101: Business Magic 101
• They Have the Scent: Smell as well as magic matters for Hounds.
• Thicker Than Water: Mama tries this on one of her Boys.
• Victory-Guided Amnesia: When Allie uses magic for it, quite possible.
• You Look Like You've Seen a Ghost: In Magic in the Blood