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The ''Allie Beckstrom'' series by Creator/DevonMonk is an UrbanFantasy series set in TheUnmasquedWorld.

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''

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!!Tropes included in this work:

* AmnesiacLover: After the climax of ''Magic to the Bone'', having caused VictoryGuidedAmnesia in herself, Allie learns that she had fallen in love over the course of the novel. She and the man meet again, tenatively, at the end.
* AnxietyDreams: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Magic to the Bone,'' when Allie comments on the fact that she does not have Anxiety Dreams when she sleeps on the drive to a friend's while escaping a city where she's suspected of murdering her father.
%%* BlackMagic: Used by Cody's captors in ''Magic to the Bone''
* BlindedByTheLight: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Allie uses this tactic on a would-be kidnapper--a two-second flash created by a simple cantrip that's too simple and childish to be expected.
%%* BloodMagic: Used by Cody's captors
* CastFromExperiencePoints: The eponymous protagonist loses her memories when she performs magic. The greater the magic, the more memories she loses.
* CharmPerson: Allie's father used this ability to get her in enrolled in Harvard and keep her there for two years before she broke loose.
%%* ChildrenAreInnocent: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Allie is surprised by a question of whether she cast a curse, and (truthfully) denies it — the target's just a little boy.
%%* {{Claustrophobia}}: Allie has it.
* CrushBlush: In ''Magic in the Shadows'', Allie is surprised when she blushes at a toast "to love."
* {{Curse}}: Being called in to deal with one starts off the first book.
* DeadPersonConversation: In ''Magic in the Blood'', Allie's father appears to talk to her.
* EasyAmnesia: One consequence of magic is the loss of memories. Allie frequently experiences it and the memories never come back, although the books indicate that her more visceral memories (love and fear) linger on in the form of influencing her personality.
* EquivalentExchange: This is central to the series. Magic always exacts a price, usually in pain. The user can choose between an hour-long migraine or a week-long head cold, but the price will be paid. For the protagonist, magic also takes her memories. For small spells, she'll forget what her stepmother's name is. For large spells, she'll wake up with a three week hole in her life. She carries a journal with her everywhere, with her name, address, etc. written on the first page, just in case.
* EyeColorChange: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Zayvion has Brown Eyes with flecks of gold... until he leaves the magic grid, whereupon they turn pure brown. When he drives back, his eyes turn pure gold with flecks of brown.
%%* FollowTheWhiteRabbit: In ''Magic in the Blood'', Allie alludes to this when she calls her guide a white rabbit.
* AFriendInNeed: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Zayvion repeatedly provides help to Allie, such as giving her money for a taxi. She is suspicious of his motives, though his working for her father does give her some reason.
%%* {{Golddigger}}: Allie's stepmothers, in her
%%* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Used on Cody in ''Magic to the Bone''. They can even get him to do thing he knows are bad by giving him a kitten and threatening to take it away.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every main book in the series starts with the word "Magic":
** ''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''
* KnightInShiningArmor: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in ''Magic to the Bone'' when Allie speaks of looking for police in shining armor.
* MayDecemberRomance: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Allie is shocked to discover that her last stepmother is at most a year older than she is. Violet admits that she would be shocked, too, if her father married someone her age, but assures her it was a love match.
* MysteriousPast: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Zayvion reveals very little of his past. It's one reason why Allie suspects him of being untrustworthy.
* NatureLover: Discussed in ''Magic Without Mercy'' when Allie quips about the "great outdoors" when they have to hike somewhere.
* NeverGotToSayGoodBye: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Allie sees her father for the first time in years and tells him she hates him just before his death. It's true that she hates him, for good reason, but it still unnerves her.
* NurseryRhyme: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Allie uses "Miss Mary Mack" as her mantra.
* OurGargoylesRock: In this universe, gargoyles are merely statues animated by elaborate and expensive spells — until Allie accidentally puts her magic into one. "Stone" then becomes a self-powered individual with the intelligence and personality of a dog.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Discussed in ''Magic on the Storm'': Shame finds the nursery the hardest part of the hospital — all that life that could be drawn upon. Allie is relieved that he assures her [[WouldntHurtAChild he wouldn't]], because she would fight him over it, and she doesn't want to fight him.
* RaisedByWolves: Discussed in ''Magic to the Bone'': Allie at one point claims she was, but does have some social graces.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In ''Magic In the Shadows'', Allie is struck by how Zayvion looks when he arrives for their date, and outright says, "Don't you clean up nice."
%%* SlasherSmile: A villain tries smiling while making an offer to Allie
* {{Subject 101}}: In ''Magic in the Blood'', Business Magic 101 was one course Allie took. It didn't help with the matter at hand.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Zayvion's eyes exhibit {{EyeColorChange}} starting brown and going progressively more gold with matching magic density.
* TheyHaveTheScent: In ''Magic To the Bone'', Allie recounts how, to throw a Hound off your trail, you need to avoid using magic and cover up your smell with something else stinky. She opts for garbage.
* ThickerThanWater: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Mama tells one of her Boys he's bringing trouble on his family. He argues that he could get them money and power, and Mama counters he should not be ashamed of his real family.
* ThroughHisStomach: In ''Magic in the Shadows'', Maeve brings Allie food and tells her to eat it — without magical Influence, but in such a motherly way that she obeys.
%%* TrueLovesKiss: discussed in ''Magic on the Storm''
* VictoryGuidedAmnesia: In ''Magic to the Bone'', Allie throws around a lot of magic at the climax. It was already established that using magic can cause holes in her memory...
* WouldntHurtAChild: In ''Magic on the Storm'', Allie would fight to prevent PoweredByAForsakenChild magic from drawing on the hospital nursery.
%%* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost: In ''Magic in the Blood''
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