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Two books with a sequel I grabbed as soon as I could:



I don't remember if I already reviewed The Magic Thief. Everyone who mentioned it had good things to say. I was a little hesitant, (mostly from a perverse wariness of too many people saying good things) but once I read enough of the opening, knew I'd read it to the end.

The world has intriguing dark corners, the magic is familiar, but not stale, and the hero sounds like a little boy, but not a boring one.



This book has crinkly edges of the otherworldy--in a Dr. Suess's menagerie sort of a way. It is charming not saccharine, with a sense of humor more latent than obvious. It just makes me smile. I want to have these books on the shelf for kids of my own.

I'm still reading Ottoline and the Yellow Cat and The Magic Thief: Lost. But I know they're going to be good.