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)
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