Illuminations by T. Kingfisher

260 pages

Published: November 25, 2022 by Red Wombat Studio
ISBN 9781614505778 (ISBN10: 1614505772)
Language English

Blurb: Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illuminations in the city. But the eccentric Studio Mandolini has fallen on hard times and the future is no longer certain.

While trying to help her family, Rosa discovers a strange magical box protected by a painted crow. But when she finds a way to open the box, she accidentally releases the Scarling, a vicious monster determined to destroy the Mandolini family at any cost.

With the aid of her former best friend and a painted crow named Payne, it’s up to Rosa to stop the Scarling before it unmakes the magical paintings that keep the city running, and hopefully save her family in the process!

No es mi libro favorito de la autora. No pude conectarme con Rosa (quien tiene diez años casi once), y me molestaba todo el rato que no contaba nada para conseguir ayuda. Y hasta me salte unos párrafos para terminarlo.

La idea de la iluminaciones mágicas es lo mejor. También el montón de personajes de la familia Mandolini con todas sus pequeñas excentricidades, su mundillo tan sencillo aunque pareciera que se están simplificando demasiado las cosas usando la magia.

The Mandolinis painted pictures of radishes with wings to ward off sickness, and they painted great droopy-faced hounds with halos to protect against burglars. They painted flaming swords on shingles to keep storms from blowing the roofs off houses, and they painted very strange pictures of men with hummingbird heads to keep venomous snakes out of people’s gardens.

Se lee más como libro para niños que el resto de los que he leído de ella hasta ahora, junto al de la panadería: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking.

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