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MMGM (4/1/2019): Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (not an April Fools' joke!)

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First of all, I would like to remind you that the Spring Signed Book Giveaway ends on Tuesday morning! Be sure to enter today (Monday) to ensure that you get in before the giveaway ends. Enter using the form at the bottom of the linked post . For MMGM, I am recommending Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow  by Jessica Townsend. Note that this review is NOT  an April Fools' joke—I genuinely adore this book! (UPDATED NOTE AS OF 1/2/2021: If you have not read the first book in this series, read this review instead, as while I have tried to minimize spoilers, there are still major spoilers of the first book below.)           A little over a year ago, I wholeheartedly recommended the first book in this series, Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow , which has gained widespread acclaim and is even being made into a theatrical movie! In this second book in the series, Morrigan has finally gotten into the Wundrous Society, a prestigious scho...

MMGM (2/12/2018): Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

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For MMGM, I am recommending Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow  by Jessica Townsend. Here's the publisher's description: An instant New York Times bestseller! “A Harry Potter-esque adventure.” — Time Magazine A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world–but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination. Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she’s blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks–and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor. It’s then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chose...