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I have mixed feelings about this. It was really hard for me to originally get into and be able to wrap my head around the world the author created. Once I did though, the world was fascinating but also very disturbing. Having a magic system based on illness creates this whole conversation around what is justice and humane while also giving it a cultish vibe as well. I enjoyed the story but just a little too gory for me.
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It‘s a magical feeling to completely slip inside the world a book creates, and to long to return to it when life requires you to put your book down. While it definitely is its own unique and wondrous beast, it also gave me some serious Harry Potter vibes. This is a story to savor. I want more! #Aardvark #AardvarkBookClub
pickBrilliant. Loved it. Set in the 1920s after the first World War. Clover discovers there is magic in the world when her older brother returns from the war hurt from a faerie curse. Her need to fix that curse and her own love of scholarship brings her to Camford, a magic academy. There she meets a group of young scholars that give her both friendship and danger. Parry did a great job of mixing historical fiction and fantasy.
so-soThis was a bit chaotic and unfocused but it may have been a result of the audiobook. Or I may have been in a mood.
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From the author of The Magician‘s Daughter comes The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, a mythic, magical tale full of secret scholarship, faerie curses, and the deadliest spells of all—the ones that friends cast on each other.
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My November #aardvarkbookclub picks. Both authors were introduced to me by Aardvark and I've been excited to read their next books. Glad I could get them through Aardvark again.
pickThe doors to faerie country have been closed since a catastrophic attack @ the end of the Great War. Cover Hill just wants to break the faerie curse on her brother. What she discovers will uproot everything she knows about magic.
I love Parry‘s work so much. Such strong, compelling character work even when I dislike a character, breathtaking word building. Slow start, but so engaging in learning along with Clover I didn‘t mind too much.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑
First fire of the season. Wish I could curl up with the book, but I have to go pick up the kids from school
