Magic Under Glass instills self-doubt and stirs up editing binges
I picked this up to finish reading it as soon as I got up this morning.
It's a lovely book with notes of Jane Eyre gothic (without being a retelling, a lot of the elements), with a world just a few steps sideways of a Victorian age that's easily recognized, touched by fantasy rather than bent around it.
It feels a lot like what I'm trying to do with The Archivalists, is what it is. And reading such a vividly sketched tale made me realize how very poorly I was doing with the manuscript. I went back and put in a few more fun details, but I still am afflicted...
I recommend this book, though, with everyone else, if you like anything with a historical edge and magic.
And now I'm going to sit here being cranky because this is Dolamore's first novel and there's nothing else out by her to read yet.