Review: Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore

Hardcover, 240 pages

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books

Released: December 22, 2009

ISBN: 978-1599904306



Recommended for: magic & faerie story lovers


My rating: 4 /5


My thoughts:

Nimira is performing as a trouser girl when Hollin Parry approaches her with an offer to sing with a clockwork man. She jumps at the opportunity, seeing it as a chance to be saved. Little does she know the secrets that Mr. Parry has been hiding and how her life will change. It turns out, Nimira is not the only one who needs to be saved!

I have to admit that one third of the way in and I was worried that nothing had grabbed me yet. By the halfway point though I couldn't put the book down! In the end, I still didn't connect with the characters as much as I'd like to but found the plot was strong enough to make this a real page-turner.

Nimira was head over heals in love but it was nice to see that it didn't make her weak, in fact it made her stronger. She was a smart, courageous character that carries Mr. Parry, who is a lost soul. You've got to love the role reversal, having a strong female character saving the group! I think it was harder to feel for the clockwork man because, well...he is a machine who only comes to 'life' partway through the book.

A beautiful story about the lengths one will go to save the one they love. If you love stories of sorcery, faeries, love, devotion & deception then check this out! A great debut novel Jaclyn, I hope to read more!


UPDATE: Bloomsbury is ceasing to supply copies of the US edition of Magic Under Glass. The jacket design has caused offense and we apologize for our mistake. Copies of the book with a new jacket design will be available shortly. (source: Bloomsbury website)

Teaser Tuesday - January 19, 2010

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
  
  

"Only due to the skill of his builders. And my reputation as a sorcerer hasn't helped. People are far too eager to believe sorcerers enchant everything we touch, but good sorcerers know magic is dangerous." (pg 31)

(due to the recent controversay, I have put up the alternate cover , I've always liked it better BUT feel so much more strongly about now, sigh)