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Magic for Liars
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
A Locus Awards Nominee for 2020
One of Hudson Booksellers' Best of the Year for 2019
Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey.
Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it. Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life - or at least, she’s perfectly fine. She doesn't in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted twin sister.
Ivy Gamble is a liar.
When a gruesome murder is discovered at the Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches theoretical magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister - without losing herself.
“An unmissable debut.” (Adrienne Celt, author of Invitation to a Bonfire)
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- Maddie
- 19-06-19
Quirky and delicious from start to finish ✨
Everything is blurry in this book, and I love that it refuses to fit neatly into one box - it's a bit of fantasy swirled into a noir murder mystery with a touch of psychological thriller on the side. The magical school element is just the backdrop, and I loved that the main character is not magical - it felt bittersweet to be on the outside with her, looking in.
This is by no means YA fantasy, as I initially thought. Nor is it a basic whodunit following the murder trail and not much else. It's grown-up, and smart, and thought-provoking and achingly real. The feelings of inadequacy the main character experiences, her internal conflict and hopeful lies kept me hoping for a happy ending but again, this book is all grey lines and blurry contours. It has shades and layers and a dark but oh-so-human core.
And the narration is exquisite - it's soft and velvety and full of secrets 🔮
Keep on writing, Sarah 🤞
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- Kyle
- 16-04-23
Almost great…
My first thought when I finished Magic for Liars was: ‘Wow! That was great!’ But, in hindsight, a lot of the novel felt like wasted potential. It could’ve reached lofty, heady heights with lots of unexpected twists and turns, but it never quite got there. The characters were likeable and fleshed-out, the story was very well-written, it did a lot of what you want and expect. But it just never surprised. Never thrilled. So, it was good. It was VERY good. But not great.
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- FBC
- 15-11-23
Great all round
Magic, mystery, crime and a fantastic narrator. Easy to go back and listen again to.
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- Bo
- 15-09-20
neo noir with a touch of magic
Neo noir with a touch of magic, I really liked it.
Xe Sands did a good job with the narration.
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- Kezer
- 08-12-20
Good plot but
main plot was great but main character acted and thought out younger than she should
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- Daniel
- 31-01-24
Good performance of an okay book
Felt like it didn't lean hard enough noir or magic and while I enjoyed the book, as a mystery I felt ahead of the Detective
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