A Red Heart of Memories (1999) Nina Kiriki Hoffman

I really like Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s writing. She reminds me a bit of Charles de Lint, probably because the both write about magic just under the surface of our world. Things are such that if we just looked a tiny bit harder, we’d see the magic too. It’s our world, only it’s magical. And it explains all those things you thought you saw out of the corner of your eye, but never stopped to look.

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Past the Size of Dreaming (2001) Nina Kiriki Hoffman

The sequel to A Red Heart of Memories, Past the Size of Dreaming is superior to its predecessor. Which is impressive, because A Red Heart of Memories is very good.

Edmund and Matt and Suki are back at the House, and are gathering together Edmund and Suki’s old friends: Julio. Deirdre. The twins. Matt isn’t sure why they need to gather everyone together, only that they do.

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