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The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() With these ingredients, Huff creates a perfect storm of divided loyalties, crises of confidence, and gradual acceptance of one’s powers. The sorcerer’s hired gun is hot, and he and Allie have a fling. ![]() Allie should just call in the aunties to help her dispatch the sorcerer (Gales don’t like sorcerers, apparently), but there is one tiny problem. She ends up discovering that her grandmother’s role in the fragile Fey community in Calgary was even weirder she was far more than a purveyor of antiques. Allie isn’t ready to be tied down with family obligations, though, so she goes. Her aunties, the Gale women who are the oldest and thus have the most power, are dubious as to her grandmother’s demise. Huff keeps the plot focussed, the threads all weaving back in upon each other, which kept me interested and entertained.Īllie leaves the rest of the Gale family to go out west and take over her grandmother’s shop. That’s what I appreciate about The Enchantment Emporium: there isn’t too much going on here. Alongside, she sends us a light mixture of supernatural creatures to pad out the character sheet-a leprechaun, some dragons and Dragon Lords, but nothing too unusual or overwhelming. She sets up an interesting family of magic users, where the women and the men participate in complicated rituals that allow them to work charms. Tanya Huff delivers strong urban fantasy set in a Canadian city. This book has been on my to-read list for four years, and I’m glad I finally got to it. ![]()
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