2013 books: Early May: Burgis

Upon seeing several recommendations (Sherwood Smith?) online, I decided to pick up one of Stephanie Burgis's books, Kat, Incorrigible. It's a charming story set in an alternative Regency England where there are witches and magicians. Kat is the youngest daughter of a clergyman. She finds both her older sisters often trials (the oldest is a saint/very aware of the proprieties and the 2nd oldest is...an older sister with a temper). Their mother died soon after Kat was born. When their father remarried a few years later, Stepmama had everything locked away or removed or destroyed.

Currently, their brother has been sent down and has numerous gambling debts. There's a possibility that the oldest sister might be able to marry a quite wealthy but older gentleman and thus save the family. This gentleman is rumored to have murdered his first wife...

Also, it turns out that their mother was a witch and a "guardian" aka magician. So many hijinks ensue.

If you liked the Regency books by Wrede and Stevermer, you should like this one. I think it reads a bit younger, but it's still fun and kept me going. I'm definitely going to get the next two books. The 3rd one was just published in hard cover recently.