I quit my job and wrote a book about magic. I worked as a journalist for various publications and at a creative agency, before finally doing what I'd always wanted to do. How amazing does that sound! I can’t wait to read this and am hoping to fit it in before the year ends.I grew up in the Wye Valley area of Wales and moved to London in my twenties. Nothing – and no one – could change her mind before then. Only one more year and she will be free of the curse of magic, her aunt’s teachings and the disappointment of the little she is capable of. She will join her aunt alongside the other Binders who believe magic is a sin not to be used, but denied. It’s why she has been protected from the magical world and, in one year’s time, what little magic she has will be bound. It was, after all, magic that killed her parents and left her in her aunt’s care.

She has taught her to fear how it twists and knots and turns into something dark and deadly. It must be bound.Įver since Anna can remember, her aunt has warned her of the dangers of magic. Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. This debut is published on May 27th, 2021 by HarperVoyager. This first line is from Threadneedle by Cari Thomas. They pulled back their hoods, feeling the vibrations of the bells in their bones feeling the buzz and excitement of the windows feeling the languages of their own magic rising. Yet the women did not flinch as they stepped closer, forming a circle, their feet bare on the stone floor and their hair loose against plain robes. Within the tower, the sound was deafening. Despite the late hour, the city below was restless, tossing and turning in the darkness with lights and buses and cars and people -walking, rushing, working, drinking, dancing, sleeping none taking any notice of the bells at all. “The bells rang out as they had done for hundreds of years, their sombre music sweeping over London with grace and stillness, bright as the moon which was till and ripe in the sky. This week, I’m sharing the first line from one of my highly anticipated books of 2021: I decided to start posting here too, offering more than just one line and hoping to entice you into reading the books I share. This is a tag that was started by Mrs Cooke’s Books on Instagram and I’ve been doing on there for a while.

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