Magic for Liars

By Sarah Gailey

Book Overview

A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

Sharp, mainstream fantasy meets compelling thrills of investigative noir in Magic for Liars, a fantasy debut by rising star Sarah Gailey.

Ivy Gamble was born without magic and never wanted it.

Ivy Gamble is perfectly happy with her life - or at least, she's perfectly fine.

She doesn't in any way wish she was like Tabitha, her estranged, gifted twin sister.

Ivy Gamble is a liar.

When a gruesome murder is discovered at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches Theoretical Magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister--without losing herself.

"An unmissable debut."--Adrienne Celt, author of Invitation to a Bonfire

Also by Sarah Gailey:
Make Me Better
Spread Me
Just Like Home
The Echo Wife
Upright Women Wanted
When We Were Magic
Magic for Liars
American Hippo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250174627
• ISBN13: 9781250174628
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Engaging throughout.

Gailey's writing has always been a treat in the past and their book Magic for Liars is no exception.

More realistic magic school

This book turned out differently than I expected. It was still pretty good and was definitely a more realistic view of a high school of magic than the Harry Potter series was. Ivy was hard to feel for sometimes. She was very bitter towards her sister and she ended up lying a lot while at the school investigating the mystery of Sylvia's death. She pretended to be a different Ivy and I found it irritating, especially as she was getting to like Rahul. This story did not end up like I thought it would. It built up to one thing and then turned around and spit out a different ending. I think it did not need the tiny bit about the "Chosen One", unless the author is planning on continuing the story with other books.