A Matter of Magic

A Matter of Magic (1988) Patricia C. Wrede (Mairelon the Magician)

“(B)hey’re mixing magic at random, from the sound of it. Half of it’s Welsh, half of it’s Scottish, and half of it’s cribbed from someone’s classical education, with a few things that are entirely out of someone’s imagination thrown in for good measure. They’ll never get anywhere if that’s the tack they’re taking.”

“That’s too many halves,” Kim said, frowning.

“Meredith,” Lady Granleigh said pensively. “Are you by chance related to Lord Cecil Meredith?”

“M’uncle,” Freddy answered. “Stood godfather to me, or so they tell me. I don’t remember it, myself.”

I feel like that passage could have come straight from a Georgette Heyer romance.

“Also, I do not see that you would explain anything at all to me if I had stayed in London, and I do not wish to perish of the curiosity. So I am glad I came, and I do not care if you look very sour about it.”

Publisher: Orb Books

Rating: 9/10

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