Selene is an old friend of Anna’s late mother who moves back to London with her daughter Effie and a teenage boy called Attis and this changes Anna’s world. It is a YA and Anna the protagonist is a 16 year old girl so it should be no surprise that some of the demons she is battling have more to do with boys and popularity than magic but there are darker problems and not just the bullying, mean girls and gossip of the conventional world.Ī book of contrasts, between the control and oppression of the Binders, an almost religious organisation to which Anna’s aunt and guardian is a senior member to the hedonistic freedom shared by the fairy godmother figure of Selene. It is also a book centered around women and girls with the men playing minor roles with the exception of Attis. You could make comparisons to Harry Potter but this is much darker and much more realistic. It is told in the third person from Anna 16 year old perspective with occasional italic flashbacks to earlier times.
I love the fact that it is set in the modern world, in the world of laptops, smartphones and social media but our protagonist Anna is kept apart from most of it by her overbearing Aunt.
I am not normally a huge reader of YA but the premise of this one really grabbed me. Nothing – and no one – could change her mind before then. Only one more year and she will be free of the curse of magic, her aunt’s teachings and the disappointment of the little she is capable of. She will join her aunt alongside the other Binders who believe magic is a sin not to be used, but denied. It’s why she has been protected from the magical world and, in one year’s time, what little magic she has will be bound. It was, after all, magic that killed her parents and left her in her aunt’s care. She has taught her to fear how it twists and knots and turns into something dark and deadly. It must be bound.Įver since Anna can remember, her aunt has warned her of the dangers of magic. Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic.
Title: Threadneedle Author: Cari Thomas Series: The Language of Magic #1 (the first of a four book deal) Genres: YA, Fantasy Pages:400
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