
Magic for Liars
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Narrated by:
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Xe Sands
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By:
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Sarah Gailey
A Locus Awards Nominee for 2020
One of Hudson Booksellers' Best of the Year for 2019
Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey.
Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it. Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life - or at least, she’s perfectly fine. She doesn't in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted twin sister.
Ivy Gamble is a liar.
When a gruesome murder is discovered at the Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches theoretical magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister - without losing herself.
“An unmissable debut.” (Adrienne Celt, author of Invitation to a Bonfire)
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Ultimately, Magic for Liars blends an intriguing, fast paced mystery--one in which the narrator has to learn a world's worth of Magical rules and systems on the sly in order to understand enough to solve a murder, which creates excellent tension-- and a moving character study that explores why we sometimes lie to ourselves, and the tension between the power of fantasy to make your life better and the cowardice in refusing (or procrastinating) facing reality as it is.
The relationships are all very believable, even if the romantic subplot veers into cliche territory. if you've read much romance, you can basically see each beat coming a mile away. but even then! The chemistry is there and enjoyable. Without spoilers, I will say that I liked the open-ended, um, ending of the subplot. it's not that unresolved romantic subplots are new, but it works here.
overall, I give this book 5/5 stars, and I definitely want to read more by this author.
Great story, great narration
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Meh story
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magic from the view of the jealous
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In short, it was a really solid story, with a satisfying ending that came back around to answer every question it brought up along the way
A compelling, well-composed noir mystery, with magic for flavor
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The characters in Magic For Liars are indeed mostly liars. They're flawed people, making mistakes and hurting each other for a variety of reasons. For me, that made this book so much more interesting.
I'm struggling to write more about this book without spoiling it, so I will end saying I really loved this.
Sarah Gailey knows people, and they know how to write people that seem real. Xe Sands performed this book exquisitely.
I love this book and it wrecked me.
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Well worth the credit
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⚖️ Plot: This was so cleverly done, giving us glimpses into the truth and then misdirecting us almost immediately. The pace was just right allowing us to follow comfortably. And for the type of writing Gailey used, the ending was spot on!
🗺 World: As this was a magic system in our own world, there wasn’t much need to elaborate on it. But if the book were a little longer, she could‘ve gone into a little more detail on the surroundings, architecture, and how these schools of magic came to be in our society.
💑 Characters: It’s been a while since I’ve like a female character as much as I do Ivy Gamble. She’s real, she’s smart and so easy to relate to. I was very happy to see a breath of diversity and genuine air with Rahul. I really hope to see them and more books by Gailey in the future.
Murder. Mystery. Magic. Marvelous!
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If teen drama was written for adults
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not a fantasy book
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great narration, not very magical
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