books 2008: Sorcery and Cecelia, by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

[supercheesegirl]

Full title: Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country.

I love Wrede anyway, and Ebeth recommended this. It started off kind of slow, but after I finished the book I looked back and realized that that's because of how it was written--Wrede and Stevermer each chose a character and wrote letters in that character to tell the story. For the first few letters, it's clear that they're setting the stage and just getting going. Once things started happening, though, I was hooked, and I really enjoyed the book. Looking forward to reading the two sequels at some point.

Comments

[moonshadow.livejournal.com]

I love that book. It's an especially good one to read aloud.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Definitely. There were several sections that I had to stop and read aloud to myself!