I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>Rust in the Root<\/strong> by Justina Ireland<\/a>
Published by<\/strong> Balzer + Bray<\/a> on 9\/20\/22
Genres:<\/strong> Fantasy & Magic<\/a>, Historical<\/a>, Young Adult<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 440
Format:<\/strong> eARC<\/a>
Source:<\/strong> Publisher
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It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided\u2014between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been rebuilding for a better future. And everyone knows the future is industry and technology\u2014otherwise known as Mechomancy\u2014not the traditional mystical arts.<\/p>\n

Laura disagrees. A talented young queer mage from Pennsylvania, Laura hopped a portal to New York City on her seventeenth birthday with hopes of earning her mage\u2019s license and becoming something more than a rootworker.<\/p>\n

But four months later, she\u2019s got little to show for it other than an empty pocket and broken dreams. With nowhere else to turn, Laura applies for a job with the Bureau of the Arcane\u2019s Conservation Corps, a branch of the US government dedicated to repairing the Dynamism so that Mechomancy can thrive. There she meets the Skylark, a powerful mage with a mysterious past, who reluctantly takes Laura on as an apprentice.<\/p>\n

As they\u2019re sent off on their first mission together into the heart of the country\u2019s oldest and most mysterious Blight, they discover the work of mages not encountered since the darkest period in America\u2019s past, when Black mages were killed for their power\u2014work that could threaten Laura\u2019s and the Skylark\u2019s lives, and everything they\u2019ve worked for.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t