I really enjoyed this short and fast-paced contemporary heist, featuring cursed dark Witch Cyn, and her not-entirely-willing criminal sidekick Dan, as they track down original magical Leonardo da Vinci documents.

The blurb reference to Kristen Painter is a good one; it's definitely got some of that vibe, but also is its own thing. Cyn has depth as a character and a backstory to be filled out over more books in the series. I'm a bit more tepid about Dan, he doesn't put his best foot forward to start with. It's understandable based on his own backstory, but still, he hasn't initially endeared himself to me (or Cyn, some of the time) so it'll be interesting to see they work through that.

It closes in a reasonable place, always a bit tricky with these short snappy series-books ... but I felt it set up the next book without feeling cliffhangery. Keen to see where the series goes next!