![]() ![]() Through a series of misfortunes, Daisy and her new colleagues end up facing off against the sympathetically rendered hitwoman Ming Wei, who has been hired by politicians hoping to use the murder of a magician to further their ambitions. Daisy herself practices a different kind of magic, one that does not physically deplete her, but still comes with a price. Andre, in fact, manufactures bootleg mana, a necessity for any methodical magician who wants to replenish their body and their strength after a spell (and for any non-magician who wants a meth-like buzz). His business, however, is not a “document management company,” as he has claimed. ![]() ![]() In that much, he has represented himself honestly. ![]() Her new boss, Andre Swarz, really does need a typist, due to a childhood accident. The beginning of the novel finds Daisy Dell, a young black woman committed to the lifestyle of the Modern Girl, enjoying a night on the town, celebrating her new job as a typist. The setting is a fantasy-world version of our world’s 1920s. Still, it is a likeable story that cleverly and thoughtfully widens the possibility space for what the fantasy genre can do, and how it can do it. It did not quite succeed in capturing me and drawing me into the inner and outer world of its characters. Moonshine, Jasmine Gower’s debut novel, did not sweep me away. ![]()
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