The Conjurer's Wife by Sarah PennerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This short story is by Sarah Penner, known for fantasy books like the London Seance Society. This is the first time I have read a story by her, and I enjoyed it. The story revolves around Olivia Van Hoff, who seems to be suffering from amnesia after a gruesome fall on her wedding night. It is 1820 in Venice, and Olivia's husband, Oscar Van Hoff, is a magician, or "conjurer," who performs nightly on stage along with his assistant and wife, Olivia. Van Hoff astounds crowds nightly, conjuring up amazing things out of thin air like a cute red fox that Olivia soon adopts. She and the amazed crowd have yet to figure out how Van Hoff suddenly makes these objects, pets, and people appear. What's his trick? Or is it...magic...?
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