A review by michcocoop
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I want to write a review that sums up all that I feel about this book but I don’t know if it’s possible.

Have you ever read a book that at first you think, ‘what is this? The cover is pretty. I’ll give it a try.’ And then a few pages in you’re kind of like, ‘I don’t know if I’m in the mood for this’, but you keep reading, and then suddenly you’re being transported to world both familiar and different? Well, that mess of a sentence is the best way I can describe my experience with this book. 

I wanted to jump inside of it. I wanted to see it’s magic system in action and drink tea with the slightly grumpy magical librarian and his accidental non-magical himboesque partner. 

All of the fantasy and romance elements blended together to make up this story that just sucked me in. I can’t wait to read more books set in this world and learn more about the magic that inhabits it.

Read if you’re looking for fantasy, M/M romance, a book that goes down like a cup of magical tea, or a story set in an alternate Edwardian England (early 1900s).
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