Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme that spotlights eagerly awaited upcoming releases. It's hosted by Breaking the Spine.This week's pick: A Most Improper Magick by Stephanie Burgis
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Her mother was a scandalous witch, her brother has gambled the whole family into debt, and her Step-Mama is determined to sell her oldest sister into a positively Gothic marriage to pay it off--so what can twelve-year-old Kat Stephenson do but take matters directly into her own hands? If only her older sisters hadn’t thwarted her plan to run away to London dressed as a boy and earn a fortune! When Kat makes a midnight foray into her mother’s cabinet of secrets, though, she finds out something she never expected. Her mother wasn’t just a witch, she was a Guardian, a member of a secret Order with staggering magical powers--and Kat is her heir.
Of course, there’s no chance of Kat choosing to join the Order that forbade her parents’ marriage...but Mama’s magical mirror doesn’t seem to understand that. It keeps following her wherever she goes, even when the family travels to Grantham Abbey to meet the sinister Sir Neville, her oldest sister’s chosen fiancé. And what with Sir Neville showing a dangerous interest in Kat’s untapped powers, her mother’s old tutor insisting that she take up her mother’s position as a Guardian, and her sister Angeline refusing to listen to her about anything, *as usual*...well, it’s a good thing Kat kept her boy’s clothing, because she may well have to use it--especially if the rumors of a highwayman are true.
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As of now, this is one of the top fantasy books that I'm looking forward to in 2010. A Most Improper Magick seems like it'd be right up my alley--the premise is exactly something I'd LOVE to read about. The time period, Regency England, is just so interesting. Add in some unexplored magical powers and some adventure, and A Most Improper Magick promises to equal a lovely sort of fantasy book--light and fun and inventive.
You can read the first chapter here. I did, and I'm hooked--love the voice so much. I can't wait until this one is released. Definitely a middle grade read to pine after!
Release Date: April 20, 2010
9 comments:
Ohmygod, this looks SO cute!!!!
The cover is soo cute - and it does look like a great book, EAK to read or not read that first chapter LOL
Wonderful. I like the sound of this 'witchy'book. Excellent pick.
Here's mine
http://jadorehappyendings.blogspot.com/2009/11/wow-6.html
brizmus took the words right out of my mouth!
This book looks so cute! I think I'm going to have to read it. ;)
I've never heard of this book before now but the synopsis makes me want to add it to my wishlist.
Excellent pick! I want this book so bad!
This book looks really good! Thanks for sharing, I hadn't heard of it before!
This one looks so cute and I can't wait to read it.
This sounds really good and it's the first time I heard of it.
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