A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

 A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Hey there! Here's the synopsis for A Snicker of Magic (I adore that name by the way): 


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When twelve year old Felicity Pickle with her little sister and mother land themselves in Midnight Gulch Felicity knows there used to be magic there. It used to be a place where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers. She knows all about that kind of magic. After all Felicity can see words where other people can't and her mother is cursed with a wandering heart. When she get there though and meets "the beedle" a mysterious do-gooder she thinks that her luck has changed. Midnight Gulch is the first place that she can see the word home and the more and more they stay the more and more Felicity realizes that they can't leave. Her life and the town is unraveling for better or for worse and Felicity is right in the middle of it all. 

Now the cover is fantastic and the name is amazing. I love it. But those aren't the only awesome things about this book. Felicity has a unique voice that's innocent and kind. Her being able to see words every where laces a little bit of magic into the town. First of all I love the word that Felicity uses all the time. "Spindiddly." When I finished that book I literally could not stop thinking that word. It was just so fun to say! And then there's the budding relationship between her and Jonah, a wheel chair bound class mate who's spunky and all sorts of awesome to Felicity. Natalie Lloyd must be a human thesaurus because some of the words she used to describe things were spot on and as the book went on everything just kept unraveling more and more. The mystery of what happened to the unique special sort of magic unfurls while Felicity's family slowly comes back together. I won't say what happens but the ending is pretty spectacular. It all just comes together so perfectly. And not to mention the ice cream factory that makes the whole town smell sweet and yummy. I loved how the ice cream was laced with that special sort of magic. How the one ice cream called Blackberry Sunrise that can make people remember memories whether their good or bad. So yeah if you can't tell by now I absolutely adored this book. The writing style reminded me a bit of Savvy by Ingrid Law (who is an amazing author by the way). So go grab it from your library or better yet go buy it because I can promise you its worth all the time and energy to read it. (I personally finished it in about a day... maybe two). Yes that is how good it was so go get it. Now! :)