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Spellswept by Stephanie Burgis
4.0

Full review: https://inkandplasma.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/the-harwood-spellbook-series-by-stephanie-burgis-(review-round-up)/

I'm obsessed with the setting of the underwater ballroom. It sounds so beautiful, and the image of gowned dancers swirling around under the water is vivid and gorgeous. And after reading the rest of the series I was weak for Amy and Jonathan, so finding out how they married had my heart aching. One of the things I love about this series is how Stephanie explored all the side characters we adored in the first two books to let us see their own personal adventures and struggles. Amy must be destined to be a Harwood; she's just as stubborn, just as caring and just as willing to throw tradition to the wayside to get what she wants. I loved the way that Amy and Jonathan got together, and I loved seeing Amy at her absolute best - negotiating a complicated political disaster to turn it into a Harwood family triumph. As we all know, I'm absolutely weak for Cassandra, and though she's young in Spellswept, she's still on fine form, and it was a treat to see just how she'd managed to win her way into becoming Angland's first woman magician. The whole Harwood Spellbook Series has found family vibes, but Spellswept was the best of the lot for that family feeling.