Booklog 67/2017 - Stephanie Burgis: Snowspelled - The Harwood Spellbook #1

[jacey]

In 19^th century Angland, only gentlemen practise magic while the ladies get on with running the country. Cassandra Harwood became the country’s first female magician. Everything was splendid. She was engaged to the love of her life… and then it all fell apart. Now Cassandra must never perform magic again and she’s estranged from her love. Still in recovery she’s trapped at a country house party—snowed in—and worse still, her ex is there. It might have all passed with nothing more than a few hurt feelings, but Cassandra makes a promise she might not be able to keep, and if she fails there’s a vindictive elf who will make sure she pays for it. I really enjoyed this. At novella length is a quick read, but it sets the scene for sequels.