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Nov 04, 2015JCLChrisK rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Not quite like anything else I've read, this book. It has an intentionally vague, historical setting, with an intentionally vague, ominous menace. It has magic of the subtle, almost magical-realism variety. It has mysteries and lies and secrets. And it has characters with grit and compassion, faults and limitations, fears and dreams, and bravery when it counts. At first glance this story seems like it might be idyllic and meandering. Then the first secret shows up, then the next and the next, and it quickly becomes gripping and suspenseful. Add in some evocative, lovely description and effective dialogue, the protagonists who surprise themselves and the unpredictable antagonist, and, of course, the mysterious magic, and this ends up a moving, highly satisfying tale.