Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midnight Curse | 2017 | Melissa F. Olson | Buy |
| 2 | Blood Gamble | 2017 | Melissa F. Olson | Buy |
| 3 | Shadow Hunt | 2018 | Melissa F. Olson | Buy |
| 4 | Companion Pieces | 2018 | Melissa F. Olson | Buy |
| 5 | Born Magic: The Diary of Scarlett Bernard | 2020 | Melissa F. Olson | N/A |
| 6 | Spell Bond: More Tales From the Old World | 2021 | Melissa F. Olson | Buy |
The Disrupted Magic trilogy opens with Midnight Curse, which begins when Scarlett gets a distress call from Molly, the vampire who used to be her roommate. Molly has apparently slaughtered twelve human college students in a single night, something wildly out of character, and Scarlett believes she was set up. Getting to the truth means going up against most of the LA Old World, which has already decided Molly is guilty.
The three main novels, Midnight Curse, Blood Gamble, and Shadow Hunt, are supplemented by a novella collection (Companion Pieces) and Born Magic: The Diary of Scarlett Bernard. These shorter works fill in backstory and bridge events between the main books. Blood Gamble takes Scarlett to Las Vegas, which brings in a different set of Old World factions and provides some welcome distance from the recurring cast before Shadow Hunt pulls everything back to Los Angeles for the arc’s conclusion.
This series is substantially darker than the original Scarlett Bernard books and assumes that readers already care about the supporting characters. The emotional weight of the trilogy depends heavily on what Scarlett stands to lose, which is why the earlier books matter. Spell Bond: More Tales From the Old World, a short story collection published in 2021, rounds out this corner of the universe.