And in the act of saving her father, Ivy will determine whether the world faces a new dawn-or an everlasting night. The writing was lazy, oscillating between high-minded prose awkwardly imitating Austen or George Eliot, and sloppy grammar and anachronisms that brought the whole thing crashing down. Quent, but I just could not remain interested in this book. It’s only then that she discovers the fate she shares with a jaded young nobleman named Dashton Rafferdy, his ambitious friend Eldyn Garritt, and a secret society of highwaymen, revolutionaries, illusionists, and spies who populate the island nation of Altania.įor there is far more to Altania than meets the eye and more to magick than mere fashion. I loved the concept of The Magicians and Mrs. Quent in a desperate effort to preserve her family. Ivy once thought them secret benefactors, but now she’s not so certain.Īfter tragedy strikes, Ivy takes a job with the reclusive Mr. Over the years, Ivy has glimpsed them-the strangers in black topcoats and hats who appear at the door, strangers of whom their mother will never speak.
Lockwell’s malady on his magickal studies, but Ivy alone still believes-both in magic and in its power to bring her father back.īut there are others in the world who believe in magick as well. Of the three Lockwell sisters-romantic Lily, prophetic Rose, and studious Ivy-all agree that it’s the eldest, the book-loving Ivy, who has held the family together ever since their father’s retreat into his silent vigil in the library upstairs.
In this enchanting debut novel, Galen Beckett weaves a dazzling spell of adventure and suspense, evoking a world of high magick and genteel society-a world where one young woman discovers that her modest life is far more extraordinary than she ever imagined.
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