Magic Under Glass
Mar. 28th, 2010 14:36As Samwise said, well, I'm back--before I head out again on Friday, to Berkeley, on the redeye. Is there anything really awesome in San Francisco that I shouldn't miss when I'm there on Saturday?
Dolamore, Jaclyn. Magic Under Glass. New York: Bloomsbury, 2010.
I read this book because![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dmp liked it. I liked it too. ETA: bookshop reviews the book here as well, with the new cover! /eta
Dolamore's novel (the original U.S. cover of which depicts the brown-skinned main character as white and was the rightful subject of controversy, and which was redone) focuses on Nimira, an immigrant from the cod-Asian land of Tiansher to the cod-European country of Lorinar--she came to make her fortune as a "trouser girl", dancing in the style her mother was renowned for at the Tiansher court, only to find that fashions in Lorinar had moved on. When a wealthy sorcerer named Hollin Parry hires her to sing duets with a piano-playing automaton he has recently purchased, Nimira thinks her future is assured, but she quickly finds that there's more to the automaton than clockwork, and herself involved in the politics and possible war between Lorinar and the fairy realms it borders along the Wall.
( Mild spoilers )
Dolamore, Jaclyn. Magic Under Glass. New York: Bloomsbury, 2010.
I read this book because
dmp liked it. I liked it too. ETA: bookshop reviews the book here as well, with the new cover! /etaDolamore's novel (the original U.S. cover of which depicts the brown-skinned main character as white and was the rightful subject of controversy, and which was redone) focuses on Nimira, an immigrant from the cod-Asian land of Tiansher to the cod-European country of Lorinar--she came to make her fortune as a "trouser girl", dancing in the style her mother was renowned for at the Tiansher court, only to find that fashions in Lorinar had moved on. When a wealthy sorcerer named Hollin Parry hires her to sing duets with a piano-playing automaton he has recently purchased, Nimira thinks her future is assured, but she quickly finds that there's more to the automaton than clockwork, and herself involved in the politics and possible war between Lorinar and the fairy realms it borders along the Wall.
( Mild spoilers )
