Definitely one of my favorite series, and it keeps getting better with each book. There's a lot that happens in Chasing Magic, but it never feels overwhelming, it flows along very naturally. 
 After the events of Sacrificial Magic there were a lot of things changing in Downside. With the death of Slobag, Lex is has now taken over for his father. And he still seems to show up when Chess least expects it (or wants it). With Lex's rise to power there's tension between him and Bump of course. As part of his plans, Lex hires someone to kill Terrible in an effort to show that he can take him down. He uses Chess as a game piece in that Lex's man (Devil) has only attacked Terrible when he's bee with Chess, thereby throwing his concentration while trying to make sure Chess is alright. It's a looming fight the escalates until the end of the book. I was always a little indifferent to Lex. I didn't really care for him but I didn't dislike him either, and now it's even more conflicted which is I think what Chess feels as well. She's angry that he would try to send someone to take Terrible away from her, but on a personal level he's always been there for her. He's helped her out of many a bad situtation before. It's definitely something that is addressed in the book and I'm glad that it is, because even though Lex has treated her fine, I don't like that he almost preys on her knowing she's with Terrible, but just tries to stir up trouble between them. Like he tries to prove that she's not good enough to make their relationship work so he finds her weaknesses. 
 Chess still has plenty of weaknesses. She still looks at herself and feels worthless. Like she doesn't deserve the things that she has. This all stems from her childhood and how she was raised and it's very sad at times. But I love the moments she has when she realized that maybe she does deserve Terrible and the Church, and maybe she can be good at relationships. Those moments are like little rays of sunshine and she seems to have quite a lot of them in this book. Unfortunately, circumstances occur that cause her to have plenty of the negative too. I don't want to give too much away, but the heartbreaking moments balance out the happy moments for sure. There are things that happen in this book that aren't finished. They will have to be addressed in the next book. I can only hope that there's a positive ending. I kept waiting for it to happen here but I guess we'll have to keep waiting. 
 Don't worry I'm not talking about Chess and Terrible's relationship. They may always have to work hard to make it work, but they want to. That's the most important thing. They want to work at it and keep working at it. They had some really great moments in the book and I really like the way they care for each other and take care of each other. 
 So now I'm faced with being finished with the series up to this point. With no word on when the next book will be released, I just have to wait. Maybe do some re-reads. Until Then!