I can think of no more satisfying way to fly across the years and enjoy a gilded view of Paris as it never was but could have been, with a little magic.” ― NPR ( click for full review) Then revolution erupts, and she must choose-love or loyalty, democracy or aristocracy, freedom or magic-before Paris burns… And when Camille loses control of her secrets, the game she's playing turns deadly. And when she returns to Paris, Camille meets a handsome young balloonist-who dares her to hope that love and liberty may both be possible.īut la magie has its costs. Yet the longer she stays at court, the more difficult it becomes to reconcile her resentment of the nobles with the enchantments of Versailles. There, she gambles at cards, desperate to have enough to keep herself and her sister safe. With dark magic forbidden by her mother, Camille transforms herself into the ‘Baroness de la Fontaine’ and is swept up into life at the Palace of Versailles, where aristocrats both fear and hunger for la magie. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille must pursue a richer, more dangerous mark: the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Relying on petty magic-la magie ordinaire-Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother.
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