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Lovely and heartfelt!...Highly recommended! Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop
A plucky writer of spells teams up with a frustratingly charming magician to uncover the secrets of a grimoire in this light academia young adult romantasy that skillfully blends magic, mystery, and the spellbinding power of love (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson.
No one is allowed past the gargoyles guarding the doors of Thistledown Library. Spellwright Fia Ives should knowfor months shes hoped to be admitted inside to find a magic powerful enough to locate her late mothers spellbook. One midnight, she finally breaks in, only to discover three mysterious figures already searching the forbidden stacks.
When the library announces the theft of a dangerous grimoire, suspicion falls on Fia. The only way to clear her name is to root out the thieves she spied that night. However, solving a magical theft isnt easy while running her inherited spellshop alone. So Fia hires the first person who applies to helpthe insufferably charming Penbrook Madbury, who is as sleepy as a cat and just as stubborn. Fia isnt sure she can trust him with her reckless plan (let alone her beloved shop), but theres something about the secretive magician that tempts her to try.
As a strange magic curls through town, Fia must risk her own heart to unravel a string of curses before they claim both her and Penbrook. And if some of those curses require kisses to break them, well, thats just the whimsy of magic.
A plucky writer of spells teams up with a frustratingly charming magician to uncover the secrets of a grimoire in this light academia young adult romantasy that skillfully blends magic, mystery, and the spellbinding power of love (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson.
No one is allowed past the gargoyles guarding the doors of Thistledown Library. Spellwright Fia Ives should knowfor months shes hoped to be admitted inside to find a magic powerful enough to locate her late mothers spellbook. One midnight, she finally breaks in, only to discover three mysterious figures already searching the forbidden stacks.
When the library announces the theft of a dangerous grimoire, suspicion falls on Fia. The only way to clear her name is to root out the thieves she spied that night. However, solving a magical theft isnt easy while running her inherited spellshop alone. So Fia hires the first person who applies to helpthe insufferably charming Penbrook Madbury, who is as sleepy as a cat and just as stubborn. Fia isnt sure she can trust him with her reckless plan (let alone her beloved shop), but theres something about the secretive magician that tempts her to try.
As a strange magic curls through town, Fia must risk her own heart to unravel a string of curses before they claim both her and Penbrook. And if some of those curses require kisses to break them, well, thats just the whimsy of magic.