Secrets, sex and magic IN PRINT

[Shana A]

Secrets, sex and magic
IN PRINT / Releasing secrets can have dangerous consequences, says Indigo Springs author
Rob Salerno / Vancouver / Thursday, December 17, 2009

http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Secrets_sex_and_magic-8021.aspx

Both figuratively and literally, Alyx Dellamonica's striking first novel is a fantasy about secrets bubbling to the surface and the victims they leave in their wake.

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Astrid's world is full of secrets. There's her father's lifelong alchemical work, disguised as "antiquing" with the aid of spells that erase Astrid's memory of the magic. And there's Astrid's mom, whose obsession with a series of pulp detective novels masks her own transgendered identity.