A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Introducing an extraordinary new voice---a magical debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten . . .and your heart sing.

There is so much love in this one! Family and heritage and friendship and philanthropy and ice cream! This is amazing and lovely and life affirming.

Absolutely loved this book!!

This is VERY cute and I think would be a good read-aloud for a family or maybe classroom–there's a lot of wordplay and savoring of words that I think would do well in that format.For me as a grumpy adult reader it was a liiittle bit like, “god I GET IT, THE REAL MAGIC IS FAMILY” but I think the intended audience probably has not seen as many Hallmark movies as me and would likely find it much more moving ;) This reminded me a bit of [b:Savvy 2133795 Savvy (Savvy, #1) Ingrid Law https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1440107238s/2133795.jpg 2596626] for its quirky family, magic, and made-up words.

Absolutely adored this read. Fabulous voice and sense of place, and every single character was a character. A story that loves words and stories dearly.