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Stephanie Burgis

Auteur van Kat, Incorrigible

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Werken van Stephanie Burgis

Kat, Incorrigible (2010) 463 exemplaren
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart (2017) 265 exemplaren
Snowspelled (2017) 202 exemplaren
Renegade Magic (2011) 156 exemplaren
Stolen Magic (2012) 123 exemplaren
Masks and Shadows (2016) 112 exemplaren
The Girl with the Dragon Heart (2018) 87 exemplaren
Scales and Sensibility (2021) 76 exemplaren
Thornbound (2019) 69 exemplaren
Moontangled (2020) 63 exemplaren
Spellswept (2018) 57 exemplaren
Congress of Secrets (2016) 49 exemplaren
The Raven Heir (2021) 43 exemplaren
The Underwater Ballroom Society (2018) — Redacteur — 40 exemplaren
Courting Magic (2014) 40 exemplaren
Frostgilded (2020) 29 exemplaren
Claws and Contrivances (2023) 23 exemplaren
Dueling Magics (2013) 23 exemplaren
Touchstones: A Collection (2022) 21 exemplaren
Spellcloaked (2021) 15 exemplaren
The Art of Deception (2016) 15 exemplaren
A Most Improper Boxed Set (2014) 12 exemplaren
The Wrong Foot (2018) 12 exemplaren
Undead Philosophy 101 (2012) 11 exemplaren
House of Secrets (2016) 10 exemplaren
Dangerous Flames 10 exemplaren
Flying Magic (2016) 9 exemplaren
Some Girlfriends Can (2004) 7 exemplaren
Forbidden Magic (2017) 7 exemplaren
Olivia, Invisible (2019) 5 exemplaren
Futuristica: Volume 1 (2016) — Medewerker — 5 exemplaren
Shadow Duet (2017) 4 exemplaren
Giant 4 exemplaren
Fine Deceptions (2020) 3 exemplaren
Fierce Company 3 exemplaren
The Raven Throne (2023) 3 exemplaren
Deadly Courtesies (2020) 3 exemplaren
Locked Doors 2 exemplaren
Spells for Home 1 exemplaar
Accident of Birth 1 exemplaar
Behind the Rules 1 exemplaar
Girl in Boots 1 exemplaar
Crow 1 exemplaar
Foxwoman 1 exemplaar

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"For God’s sake, is no one in this household available to bring me a cup of tea when I ring for it? Have I hired you all to do nothing?"
 
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Jon_Hansen | 9 andere besprekingen | Mar 4, 2024 |
{stand-alone/ omnibus Good Neighbours 1-4; fantasy, magic, necromancy, romance, light & fun}(2022)

Told in the first person, this is a collection of short series about Mia (who has metallurgical powers, hitherto unknown in this world) who lives, with her dad, next door to the unfairly attractive, outrageous necromancer Leander Fabian. A light and fun fantasy romance.

This reads as obviously a collection rather than a novel even though the chapters follow a timeline because information is reintroduced at the beginning of chapters. In spite of that, it works fairly well as one narrative, which is how I read it; usually I rate individual stories in a collection individually and then average out for the book but I'm rating this one as one story.

1- Good Neighbours

Mia and her father have, despite the friendly warnings from the locals who are suspicious of spellcrafters (not realising that Mia has magical powers), recently moved next door to a necromancer's castle. But Mia has secrets of her own and is happy to leave her neighbour alone and be left alone - until he sends his undead minions to her home.

This was fun and it looked like Burgis had fun writing this story.

2- Deadly Courtesies

Mia perforce agrees to accompany Leander to the Necromancers' Ball to be his second in a duel, accoutred in a metal dress of her own design. And maybe her new ally will turn into something more than just an ally ... if she'll let him.

Not quite as light-hearted as the first but Mia proves she's no damsel in distress, even if she has to create her own magical dress.

3- Fine Deceptions

Mia's dad and Leander's mentor find an excuse to send them to the other side of the country together - everyone seems to know how they feel about each other except Mia herself. Once there, they find the city even more prejudiced against spellcrafters than anything they've yet experienced, to the extent that the local magic wielders are living in hiding in fear of their lives.

A little bit more serious but still fun.

4- Fierce Company

The prejudices Mia and Leander encountered in their last adventure follow them home to roost. And, more scarily perhaps, Mia meets Leander's family.

Also deals with serious issues but fun and with a happily ever after ending.

(January 2024)
3.5 stars
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½
 
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humouress | 5 andere besprekingen | Feb 12, 2024 |
This is a fun short story that inserts a scene from Georgie's POV at the end of Claws & Contrivances. (We see the result of this scene in C&C, but since it's not Rose's POV it wouldn't have made sense to see the scene itself.) It's a cute and fun scene, though naturally it makes no sense without having read C&C. This is a fun bonus, though, especially for fans of Georgie and Amina.
½
 
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ca.bookwyrm | Feb 10, 2024 |
Very cute short story/chapter that takes place 3 years after the main book and adds to some of the side characters' storylines. This is absolutely optional, but it was very fun and fast to read.
 
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ca.bookwyrm | Feb 10, 2024 |

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