The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic

Name: The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.53 (15 reviews)
Author: Emily Croy Barker
ISBN: 9781470366247

Author: Emily Croy Barker

Series: Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic #1

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 26 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/01/2013

Categories: Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

Synopsis

Emily Croy Barker's riveting debut is a must-read for fans of Lev Grossman and Deborah Harkness. The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic follows grad student Nora Fischer as she stumbles through a portal into a magical world. Having been transformed from drab to beautiful, Nora finds herself surrounded by glamorous friends. Life seems perfect. But then things take a terrible turn, and Nora must learn magic from a reclusive ally if she's any hope of survival.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Molly

This book was infuriating. Individually, none of the chapters were boring, and I enjoyed reading a lot of it. I kind of loved to hate it. The worst part of this book is that it just goes ON AND ON with nothing happening for about 3-4 hundred pages. You could take out the middle THREE HUNDRED PAGES o......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne

LOVED this book. Hoping the title won't dissuade men from reading it, as it would appeal to all types of fantasy readers as well as literary/women's fiction readers. Read it in manuscript form and was so bummed when I got to the end and had no more pages to turn. The blurb by Sara Gruen sums it up b......more