Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster, 2022. What instrument would you play if magically given the skill?īook info: Sofi and the Bone Song / Adrienne Tooley. Rivalry becomes companionship and so much more, as Lara and Sofi begin to truly understand the magic of their musical gifts and their growing bond with one another. Availability: On Our Shelves Now - Click on the title to see which location. Will the malfunctioning Papers sold to neighboring kingdoms lead to war? Is Lara using illegal magic to learn this complicated music so fast? It may not be an ultimate wow moment in a. Why did the seasons stop changing when they were babies? Sweet & Bitter Magic is such a lovely debut sapphic YA fantasy standalone that I enjoyed getting into. When Sofi’s father suddenly dies, Lara must immediately qualify to be the lute Musik by traveling through the country and performing specific complex songs in certain towns – songs that Sofi knows and Lara doesn’t.Īway the two young women go with the Musik’s lute made of bones, through their ever-winter land, knowing that some Musiks of the Guild want Lara to succeed, but if she fails, perhaps Sofi has a chance at her life’s dream. Lara didn’t use a Paper to perform, or all would have seen the spell inked into her skin – music is the only craft forbidden to use the Paper spells sold by the king. After years of obsessive practicing, long-motherless 16 year old Sofi’s perfect performance is upstaged by an untutored young woman who didn’t even bring a lute to the Guild audition, yet wins apprenticeship to the ruling lute Musik, Sofi’s own father.
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