5 Stars
384 Pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, Wednesday Books
Release Date: October 21, 2025
Genre: Fiction, Sci Fi, Fantasy, Teens, Young Adult
Willow Stokes is a 19-year-old unruly young woman grieving the death of her father. She is trying to keep his magical curiosity shop open. The problem is the magical objects are fake. Her father was believed to be a swindler and liar with little money to his name. She is three months in arrears in rent and needs to make money. She hatches a plan. She will ask the outlander, Brianna Hargrave, to help her. Brianna can sense magic in the objects and activates them for a day.
The story has a steady pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the first-person point of view. If you enjoy young adult fiction this is a good magical young adult book.
