A Snicker of Magic

Author: Natalie Lloyd
Genre: Fantasy
Setting: Midnight Gulch, Tennessee in present day (or close to it)
Summary: Midnight Gulch used to be a magical place. It still is, but it only has a little bit of magic. Felicity Pickle is a word collector. She can see words around people, coming from objects, and floating in the air. She writes down the ones she likes. When Felicity moves to Midnight Gulch, she sees the word lonely a lot until she meets Jonah Pickett, who's secret identity is the Beedle, a mysterious person who does good deeds for people secretly. Felicity hears the story of the Brothers Threadbare, really called Stone and Berry Weatherly, who had magic in their music. They dueled each other, and the one who lost was cursed with a wandering heart, so they never felt right in one place, a lot like Felicity's mother. Felicity signs up for the Stoneberry Duel, a kind of talent show. She decides to write and read poems for it. Jonah makes her meet several interesting people so she can collect interesting words. Felicity is also interested in the curse put on Stone Weatherly, who turned out to be her great-great-grandfather. But mostly, she wants to break the curse.

I had a fun time reading A Snicker of Magic. It seems like the kind of place that I would want to visit. Some things in it that were revealed later were pretty easy to guess, but I wasn't able to guess everything though. I think most people would enjoy reading it.