Magic Under Glass

Magic Under Glass
By Jaclyn Dolamore
Bloomsbury, 2010. 225 pgs. Young Adult

Hoping to find a better life than that of a trouser girl singing in a rowdy dance hall, Nimira accepts the employment offer of a handsome, young sorcerer to sing with his piano-playing automaton. Despite rumors of the automaton being alive and the sorcerer’s dead wife haunting the house, Nimira starts singing with the automaton and discovers there is something truly different about him and his lifelike eyes. As she tries to sort this mystery out, she realizes the sorcerer is falling in love with her. Nothing special here, but this is a quick, enjoyable read that fans of fairy-tale re-tellings will like.

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