The Magician’s Lie by Greer Macallister
Rating: 4/5 stars
My Thoughts:
This book filled a bunch of things I was looking to read lately. For another great historical fiction. For a female magician. For one who actually had a magical power. For a love story that was complicated and messy but still real. For beautiful writing that just makes you feel for these characters. It was truly great.
“But whatever happens, I’ve been happy. I’ve been loved. I’ve amazed crowds and drunk in their applause. Not because of luck or favor or magic. Because of will. My will. I’ve been willing to do whatever it takes. That’s the closest thing I have to a secret. And now it’s yours.
The Magician’s Lie starts off with a murder. The Amazing Arden’s husband was just murdered and left under the stage after her show and signs point to the magician herself as the murderess. After hearing some bad news, small town officer Holt in town finds Arden trying to escape. He takes her back to his small station and questions her over the course of the night. What happened? Why did she kill her husband? Instead Arden tells him her life story and all the things she’s been through.
“But this is life, and when bad things come to us, there isn’t much choice. You survive them or you don’t.”
The book switches between the present time of 1905 Iowa and the start of Arden’s story, when she was a young girl in 1892. Her story is compelling and at times, sad. But she’s a survivor and she ends up finding a place for herself in a traveling magic show. The first part of the book, before she joins the show was a little slow but once she joined them, it was so much better. Getting a look at the illusions was fascinating.
I thought this book was going to be something a little different than it was and while I find the ending was a tad rushed, I enjoyed this one.
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