โ Scribed by Jaclyn Dolamore
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Nimira is a music-hall performer forced to dance for pennies to an audience of leering drunks. When wealthy sorcerer Hollin Parry hires her to do a special act - singing accompaniment to an exquisite piano-playing automaton, Nimira believes it is the start of a new life. In Parry's world, however, buried secrets stir. Unsettling below-stairs rumours abound about ghosts, a mad woman roaming the halls, and of Parry's involvement in a gang of ruthless sorcerers who torture fairies for sport. When Nimira discovers the spirit of a dashing young fairy gentleman is trapped inside the automaton's stiff limbs, waiting for someone to break the curse and set him free, the two fall in love. But it is a love set against a dreadful race against time to save the entire fairy realm, which is in mortal peril.
`Magic Under Glass is a stunning blend of paranormal intrigue, doomed love, secrets in the attic, and a clockwork man with a hidden past. Jaclyn Dolamore expertly captures the essence of the perfect gothic romance on every page' --Carrie Ryan author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth
`A whimsical, smart novel that is sort of like a cross between Howl's Moving Castle and Jonathan Strange and Mister Norrell.'
--Maggie Steifvater author of Shiver
`A memorable, delicate and ethereal fairytale romance'
--The Bookseller
`A dark, florid vigour runs through it'
--Financial Times
'Fast moving and well written' --School Librarian
'Precise and picturesque, this is a sterling debut' --Literary Review
Jackie Dolamore lives in Florida, USA. This is her first book and it marks the debut of a very exciting new talent.
Library : Fantasy
Universes : Magic Under [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781408802120
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