Before we get started with chatting about Freddy the Magician, I need to make something clear: I love magicians. The more spectacular and unrealistic a stage trick is, the more I love it. I can see the cups and balls trick done over and over and over, and I can even fall for the passing solid rings through one another every time.
So if you are expecting an unbiased review about a book featuring a talking pig performing magic tricks with the help of a talking cat—well. This isn’t going to be that review. (With the hasty assurance to the Powers That Be At Tor.com that I shall be returning to nice unbiased reviews soon.) Because, guys, HE MAKES A RABBIT DISAPPEAR INTO A HAT. A pig! Making a rabbit disappear into a hat! Plus, bonus mind reading tricks!
(Stage magicians love me.)
[Anyway, onto the book. Which really does feature a pig doing magic tricks and an Evil Rabbit. No, really. I love this book. Also, the link to a new Edith Nesbit ebook.]