Emily Bergslien and Kat Weaver's Uncommon Charm
This was a very entertaining novella about the disaffected upper-class teen daughter of a lady magician in 1920s London, and what happens when they take in a teenage Jewish boy who also has magic, and is the illegitimate son of a family friend (their family are assholes who “only served him pork every other day”). I loved the narrative voice here, and this has a chill vibe even as the teens are investigating family history and related murders and chatting with ghosts. I did wish for more, but that is my usual complaint with novellas, and this does wrap up in a satisfying way. I just hope the authors revisit them! Ps every character in this book is queer and I love it. A-.
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