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Orphaned and homeless in fashionable London after her father's death, Annis's eye for fashion and newly discovered magical talent for sewing "glamours" into cloth lead to her setting up a dressmaker's shop in the country. There she must navigate the polite hazards of society--as well as a perilous world of spies and double agents. Touches of magic and plenty of girl power make for a jauntily entertaining Regency-era adventure.
Reviewer: Sarah Berman
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2017