A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL, by T. Kingfisher, is an enjoyably sinister fantasy spin on a Regency (or maybe it's Victorian?) novel that's all about marriages and estates and social status. Cordelia's mother Evangeline is a sorceress, one who's able to control another person's body and therefore keeps Cordelia firmly under her thumb. Her mother has decided it's time to find a new husband, and has set her sights on Samuel, a prosperous merchant who's a bachelor. Samuel's sister Hester can spot trouble arriving, though, and is resolved to prevent the marriage.

Cordelia's mother is self-centered and utterly hateful, so you really want Hester and Cordelia to prevail, but Evangeline has magical skills and is holding all the cards, so how do they win? It wasn't really Hugo-worthy for me, but was a fun page-turner.

(4/5)

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