A Matter of Magic: Mairelon the Magician & The Magician’s Ward

A Matter of Magic: Mairelon the Magician and The Magician’s Ward (1991) Patricia C. Wrede (Mairelon the Magician)

This is just such a cozy and comforting read.

She was glad she wouldn’t have to wear the rags she’d had on earlier, but she was rapidly becoming uncomfortable with the number of things Mairelon was giving her. She didn’t like owing him so much; it gave him a claim on her, and she still didn’t know what he expected in return.

It’s not a matter of how people are, Kim; it has to do with how they ought to be.

Now that they’ve finally gotten rid of that pushy little Corsican they let take over the country, there’s a lot of curiosity about things under the old regime.

Last time I saw him was in that little French town where Old Hooky set up his, er, coin exchange. St. Jean de Luz, that was it.

Except of course for the outfit you have stored in the hatbox; that clearly has uses other than fashion to recommend it.

So long as the landlord received his rent on time, the rooms were hers . . . and possibly longer. It was widely speculated that the only reason this building hadn’t collapsed like so many others was because of Ma Yanger’s spellworking.

Mairelon Characters: Kim, Mairelon the Magician / Richard Merrill, Hunch, Stuggs, Tom Correy, Mademoiselle Renée D’Auber, Andrew Merrill, Edward Earl of Shoreham, Jonathan Aberford, Frederick Meredith, Robert Choiniet, Viscount Stephen Granleigh, Charles Bramingham, Viscountess Amelia Granleigh, Jasper Marston, Henry Bramingham, Miss Marianne Thornley, Lord Gregory St. Clair, George Dashville, Mister James Fenton, Jack Stower, Dan Laverham, Ben

The Magician’s Ward Characters: Kim, Mairelon the Magician / Richard Merrill, Lady Elizabeth Wendall, Mrs. Agatha Lowe, Harry, Sally, Wilson, Mademoiselle Renée D’Auber, Lord Kerring, Edward Earl of Shoreham, Prince Alexei Nicholaiovitch Durmontov, Duchesse Camille Delagardie, Mrs. Hardcastle, Lady Clement, Miss Letitia Tarnower, Miss Annabel Matthews, Miss Marianne Farrell, Lord Gideon Starnes, Mr. Henry Fulton, Tommy Fulton, Lady Greythorne, Lord Franton Marquis of Harsfeld, Lord Moule, Tom Correy, Matt, Jack Stower, Mannering

Cover by Larry Rostant

Publisher: Orb

Rating: 9.5/10

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