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An utterly charming and magical read!
A very inventive fantasy. Is TJ Klune British? Because this book has a very Monty Python or Harry Potter feel to it. It also at one point reminded me of a scene in The Producers.
This is a book with diversity and outcast characters learning to embrace their identity (whatever that is). I really loved it. (Could it be a film, please? Maybe a musical?) I really recommend this book. It's great fun. ...more
This is a book with diversity and outcast characters learning to embrace their identity (whatever that is). I really loved it. (Could it be a film, please? Maybe a musical?) I really recommend this book. It's great fun. ...more
Y’all. I loved this so, so much. I feel like my soul just got a much-needed hug. What a treasure TJ Klune is. ❤️
Absolutely amazing story. It does start slow with introducing Linus and eventually getting him to the island but once there so much happens. The children are all such unique characters. I loved the female gnome with a beard and Quincy - a green blob who aspires to be a Bellhop and who will tell you the entire history of Bellhops back to 1897! It’s the little details that make this book such a joy to read, like Talia’s garden and Phee’s forest and Lucy’s love of old music - music by dead people s
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What wonderful characters! Not only a love story, but also “journey of discovery” I think. 💕. A friend described as a “warm hug” in book form! Agreed!
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝!
Linus Baker is a 40 something complacent case manager for DICOMY that overlooks the care of orphaned magical youth. He is asked by Extremely Upper Management to take on a special assignment and check on the welfare of the children of Marsyas Island. These children are not just magical youth but a special type of magical that the world has never seen. There is Talia the garden gnome, Theodore the wyvern, Phee a forest sprite ...more
Linus Baker is a 40 something complacent case manager for DICOMY that overlooks the care of orphaned magical youth. He is asked by Extremely Upper Management to take on a special assignment and check on the welfare of the children of Marsyas Island. These children are not just magical youth but a special type of magical that the world has never seen. There is Talia the garden gnome, Theodore the wyvern, Phee a forest sprite ...more
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SamJ ★Needs a HEA★
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