As I said, it is the answer to the balance between magic being wondrous and magic being deadly. You can check out a link to the podcast episode at the end of this post.
The world of magic is a tempting one, one that was almost Ivy’s, and the more time she spends there, the more secrets she uncovers, the harder it is to stay true to herself, whoever that is.įirst of all, while Sarah Gailey’s books have been on my radar for a long time, I would never have read Magic for Liars right now if not for Lisa and Robbie from the We’re Doing Fine podcast and their awesome book club. But entering the magic world and reuniting with her sister after years of willful separation is not easy.
When a faculty member there is brutally murdered by impossible magic, Ivy is hired to find out what happened and who the killer is. Her twin sister Tabitha, though, is magic and teaches at the Osthorne Academy of Young Mages. There’s nothing magical about her life, and Ivy is fine with that. She lives a normal life as a private investigator, spending her days taking incriminating photographs of cheating husbands and arguing over payments from devastated clients. But then I read Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey and found an entertaining balance between the two. For a while, those two options seemed like the only ones: wondrous possibilities or fatal chaos.
(Okay, fine! I still think about it sometimes.) But then another, more cynical part of me thinks that magic school sounds like a terrible idea: thousands of teenagers all crowded together doing teenager things except with potentially out of control and deadly magic? No thank you. I admit it: I spent the vast majority of my childhood and adolescence wondering what it would be like to go to magic school. Want to leave your own recommendation, interested in the books I read, or want to know more about the magazines I follow? Don’t hesitate to reach out! Leave a comment below or find me on Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads. But just know that in addition to the books listed above, I also read dozens and dozens of fantastic short stories, flash fiction, novelettes, fanfics, poems, and works-in-progress. My magazine reading has returned full force, and is now too numerous to list here.
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water Please enjoy the 2022 Year in Books: Title Some I DNFed, some weren’t my cup of tea, some made me angry in the best possible way, and others taught me something new. Quite a few this year made it onto my To Buy list, I am pleased to say, and even more are on my Explore More From This Author list. As it is, I was able to revisit some old favorites, discover new favorites, and chart a course into manga territory as well. This was the year for books, my friends! I definitely did not get to all the books I wanted to this year, but that just means more for next year.
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