The Temptation of Magic Readalong: Day 5!

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Hello everyone!

Who is excited but nervous for today’s chapters? I feel like A LOT is going to happen in today’s reading!

Happy Friday and welcome to day 5 of our readalong of The Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott. I’m so excited to be reading this one with you, I hope you all love it!

Today we’re reading from chapter 43 to the end of the book. Let’s do this!

When you’ve finished today’s section, catch up with me in the comments down below so we can discuss the ending of the book. Happy reading!

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Please be warned, the following section will include spoilers for The Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott from Chapter 43 to the end of the book. Please only read on if you have finished this section!

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We kick off our final day with Kyan’s POV, and him realising Nicole is also an Empyreal.

I can’t lie, for a moment there I was a little worried what his reaction would be. But his changing opinion of the Wake after learning more of the truth, as well as his feelings for Nicole, have changed things. He is relieved she is alive. He admits his feelings for her have solidified. YESSSSSS. That’s what I was hoping to hear!

Him telling her to come to him. I can’t. My hearts exploding at the tenderness. 

“She’s your mate.” Guys how are we all doing? Because I am not doing okay. I’m screaming!! 

Suddenly a gunshot rings out and Kyan is shot by Nicole’s father, and she flees down the cliff. He stumbles after her, eventually finding her and telling her to come with him whilst he takes her back to the lake house. 

Him giving her a forehead kiss, stroking her hair out her face and carrying her in his arms? Yep I’m tearing up. 

After arriving back at the house with an unconscious Nicole, him and Bells help clean her up as best they can. Kyan explains the first transformation is the most intense and it will take time for her to recover and heal from it. 

Suddenly Nicoles father bursts into the room, gun pointed at Kyan. Bells tries to defuse the situation by telling him Kyan is trying to help whilst Dylan also voices his distrust of him, telling him he is only to The Wake. In frustration Kyan lets slip that Nicole is his mate. 

Bells then uses her Seer abilites by touching both Nicole and Kyan to confirm it, saying she can feel it and wonders if thats why Nicole saw Kyan before even arrived.

Kyan reassures them he will keep their secret from The Wake for as long as possible despite the oath. 

He finally learns with certainty that the woman from 1902 was Nicole’s mother. He wonders how she knew his mother’s appearance—could she have been part Seer too, hiding it from her family? He also questions the reasons and identity behind her death. Could the Empyreal who killed her be someone he knows?

Kyan tells Callum to leave Eastwood, avoid Nicole, and not ask about the woman from 1902. Callum realizes it’s to prevent triggering his oath and Kyan admits he and Nicole are mates. Callum agrees but demands to know why they hid from the Wake and what Nicole’s mother was doing in 1902. 

Kyan realises Nicole needs blood after her transformation, so he gives her some which seems to help with her recovery. But this unexpectedly leads to them kissing (not that I’m complaining)… I also suspect it has a lot to do with the mating bond that Nicole is unaware of.

“He had a feeling he’d stay forever.”

Nicole finally realises after biting Lynch she was able to see the code and complete the cipher. 

During a conversation about the supernatural creatures attracted by Nicole’s scent, Kyan accidentally reveals she is his mate in front of her. Her father then shares that her mother discovered a mated Empyreal pair but didn’t reveal their identity—another mystery.

Kyan finally learns the true nature of the Wake and their experiments on creatures to try and trigger the Wild Hunt. 

Nicole’s dad creates a tonic to mask her Empyreal scent, using his ‘true power’ to locate an artist with vital information. Nicole and her family plan to leave Eastwood, leaving Kyan behind. 

“I will find you again, Nicole, this isn’t goodbye.” I’m already crying. And then Kyan murmurs “Mo ghra” against her temple which means ‘my love’ and now I’m SOBBING. 

The morning she’s set to leave, she discovers the book needed to unlock the cipher. They learn the Wake’s leaders can only be killed by an Empyreal, a cure for the oath is needed, and there are three ancient items, including the Siren’s instrument that Remi’s family has been seeking. Her mother failed to find the items and left her last clue with her painter.

Remi’s family reveal Siren’s who serach for the Siren’s instrument have gone missing and an Empyreal was even sent after Adam once. 

Suddenly Callum arrives wanting to know more about her mother. I do sense there is more to why he so desperately wanted to track her down, but what information could she have had that he seems to so desperately want? Dylan reveals to him that the Wake killed her.

They devise a plan for Kyan to bypass ‘the pools’ by strengthening the mating bond through a Celtic binding rite, which they complete on the upcoming Hunter’s Moon.

We end the book with Callum and Kyan planning to learn all they can from within The Wake whilst Nicole and her family leave Eastwood in search of her mothers painter to reveal more on how they can take down the Wake. 

“So he’d become the Wake’s greatest hunter. And now he’d hunt them.” What a line to end the book, I need book 2 immediately!! 

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Wow, what an atmospheric, romantic and action packed story! I can’t wait for the next book!

What did you think of The Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott?

As always, thank you so much for taking part in another FairyLoot readalong! We hope you had the best time and enjoyed the book – we’ll see you again soon for another!

Love,
Jodie