An Unkindness of Magicians

Name: An Unkindness of Magicians
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Author: Kat Howard
ISBN: 9781508251149

Author: Kat Howard

Narrator: Madeleine Maby

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 09/26/2017

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Supernatural, Fairy Tales & Legends, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy

Synopsis

“A remarkable writer.” —Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of American Gods

An Alex Award Winner

There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city’s magicians’ power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard.

In New York City, magic controls everything. But the power of magic is fading. No one knows what is happening, except for Sydney—a new, rare magician with incredible power that has been unmatched in decades, and she may be the only person who is able to stop the darkness that is weakening the magic. But Sydney doesn’t want to help the system, she wants to destroy it.

Sydney comes from the House of Shadows, which controls the magic with the help of sacrifices from magicians.

About Kat Howard

Kat Howard’s short fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, anthologized in best of and annual best of collections, and performed on NPR. You can find it in her collection, A Cathedral of Myth and Bone. She is the author of the critically acclaimed Roses and Rot and the Alex Award–winning An Unkindness of Magicians. She is also one of the writers of the Books of Magic series, set in the Sandman Universe. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and you can find her on twitter at @KatWithSword.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara

Actual Rating: 2.5/5 This book was…. not great. The writing was actually very good, but the story suffered from an excessive amount of characters and perspectives. The world building was jumbled and there was way too much going on for the length of the book. The book kept building up to epic battles......more

Goodreads review by ☾❀Miriam✩

OH. MY. GOODNESS. GRACIOUS. I don't even know where to begin. Okay. Phew. So, this book is perfect. And I don't mean like "this is a modern classic o m g literally Shakespeare reborn" perfect. I mean this book was one hell of a ride perfect. Yeeeeee-ah!!! So. Much. Fun!!! If I had to describe this boo......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer

(2.5 stars, rounded down because of sheer disappointment on my part.) This is by no means a bad book, but it would have been a better film. Kat Howard writes visually arresting scenes that would lend themselves beautifully to cinema. See the opening scene, for example, in which a beautiful young wom......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

As I was reading this, I was caught by just how bleak and depressing the world of magic is. It carried over to me almost immediately and I wondered if I was falling into a black spell. But no, I think it was mostly just the world of this imagination. When we're talking about the unkindness of magicia......more