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|title=Pantomime
|author=Laura Lam
|reviewer=Robert James
|publisher=Strange Chemistry
|date=February 2013
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|summary=Nearly as impossible to review as it is to put down, this enthralling fantasy is a stunning debut. Huge recommendation. Laura Lam popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Laura Lam|chat to us]].
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Pantomime is almost certainly the best fantasy of the year. That's virtually all I can say about it without getting deep into spoiler territory, which as regular readers will know, I hate. (Oh, actually, I can probably just about tell you that there's a circus in there as well without completely ruining it for you.) I'm not sure whether to praise LR Lam for writing such a phenomenal book or curse her for writing one that's almost completely unreviewable. There's such a big twist early on (which, admittedly, I guessed), that I can't even really say much about the start.
If it's not clear enough, absolutely massive recommendation as one of the very, very best of the 200 plus novels I've read this year, and I'm sure this will be a huge success.
For more beguiling fantasy, Laini Taylor's trilogy, starting with [[Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor]] is excellent! We also have a review of [[Masquerade (Micah Grey Trilogy) by Laura Lam]].
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This review was kindly given to us by the ever-generous [http://yayeahyeah.blogspot.com/ Ya Yeah Yeah]
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