“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about. However, as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.
Today’s selection and book I’m excitedly awaiting is:
A Marvellous Light
(The Last Binding #1)
by Freya Marske
Adult Fiction – Fantasy – Historical Fiction – LGBTQIA+
November 2nd 2021 by Tordotcom
Goodreads
Red White & Royal Blue meets Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell in debut author Freya Marske’s A Marvellous Light, featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies.
Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society, he discovers what’s been operating beneath the unextraordinary reality he’s always known.
Now Robin must contend with the beauty and danger of magic, an excruciating deadly curse, and the alarming visions of the future that come with it—not to mention Edwin Courcey, his cold and prickly counterpart in the magical bureaucracy, who clearly wishes Robin were anyone and anywhere else.
Robin’s predecessor has disappeared, and the mystery of what happened to him reveals unsettling truths about the very oldest stories they’ve been told about the land they live on and what binds it. Thrown together and facing unexpected dangers, Robin and Edwin discover a plot that threatens every magician in the British Isles—and a secret that more than one person has already died to keep.
I’ve seen this book described as featuring:
- Secret society of magicians in Edwardian London
- Part cute/steamy romance, part historical fantasy romp
- A librarian/jock pairing
- Magical houses
And all I know is I’m in!
Tell Me:
Will you be reading this book?
Ooooh do I detect a little hate-to-love there 😏
Haha, I do really hope so 😀
This has so many fun elements, hope you love this one!
Thanks, I hope so too as it sounds great already 🙂
This sounds like such a fun read! Plus, that cover is stunning! Great pick 🙂
Thanks! I do love the cover so much indeed 🙂
This sounds like so much fun. I love the librarian/jock pairing. 🙂
It does sound like it’ll be such a fun pairing 🙂