A Discovery of Witches

A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness

和書：
『魔女の目覚め』上下巻

A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.


Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.


その本は図書館の奥でひっそりと眠っていた。彼女を待ちわびるように…。イェール大学の若き歴史学教授ダイアナは、錬金術の研究中にオックスフォードのボドリアン図書館で一冊の写本を手にする。褪せた金箔が放つ虹色のきらめき、鼻をつく不思議なにおい。それは彼女に何かを語りかけているように見えた。由緒ある魔女の家系に生まれながら魔法を否定して生きてきたダイアナはすぐに本を返却するが、やがて周囲で奇妙な事が起きはじめる。すべてはあの写本が原因なのか?ダイアナはオックスフォードの教授で天才科学者と名高いヴァンパイアのマシューと共に壮大な謎に取り込まれてゆくが―。

３部作、のようです。これはその１冊目。

Jinx

Jinx

Meg Cabot

翻訳版：

ジンクス　恋の呪い

The only thing Jean Honeychurch hates more than her boring name (not Jean Marie, or Jeanette, just . . . Jean) is her all-too-appropriate nickname, Jinx. Misfor-tune seems to follow her everywhere she goes—which is why she's thrilled to be moving in with her aunt and uncle in New York City. Maybe when she's halfway across the country, Jinx can finally outrun her bad luck. Or at least escape the havoc she's caused back in her small hometown.

But trouble has definitely followed Jinx to New York. And it's causing big problems for her cousin Tory, who is not happy to have the family black sheep around. Beautiful, glamorous Tory is hiding a dangerous secret—one that she's sure Jinx is going to reveal.

Jinx is beginning to realize it isn't just bad luck she's been running from. It's something far more sinister . . . and the curse Jinx has lived under since the day she was born might just be the only thing that can save her life.

NYにやってきた「魔女の卵」が好きになったのは隣の高校生!カッコイイあの子をふりむかせたくて、恋の「ジンクス」に賭けてみたけれど…。

学園YAものプラス魔女な１冊。

::Review::

Enchanted

Enchanted

Shanna Swendson

1. Enchanted, Inc
2. Once Upon Stilettos
3. Damsel Under Stress
4. Don't Hex With Texas

翻訳版：

1. ニューヨークの魔法使い <(株)魔法製作所>
2. 赤い靴の誘惑―(株)魔法製作所
3. おせっかいなゴッドマザー―(株)魔法製作所
4. コブの怪しい魔法使い―(株)魔法製作所
5. スーパーヒーローの秘密 （株）魔法製作所

DON’T MESS WITH HEXES

Katie Chandler had always heard that New York is a weird and wonderful place, but this small-town Texas gal had no idea how weird until she moved there. Everywhere she goes, she sees something worth gawking at and Katie is afraid she’s a little too normal to make a splash in the big city. Working for an ogre of a boss doesn’t help.

Then, seemingly out of the blue, Katie gets a job offer from Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., a company that tricks of the trade to the magic community. For MSI, Katie’s ordinariness is an asset. Lacking any bit of magic, she can easily spot a fake spell, catch hidden clauses in competitor’s contracts, and detect magically disguised intruders. Suddenly, average Katie is very special indeed. 

She quickly learns that office politics are even more complicated when your new boss is a real ogre, and you have a crush on the sexy, shy, ultra powerful head of the R&D department, who is so busy fighting an evil competitor threatening to sell black magic on the street that he seems barely to notice Katie. Now it’s up to Katie to pull off the impossible: save the world and–hopefully–live happily ever after.

ニューヨークって本当におかしな街。宙に浮いてる妖精はいるし、教会の屋根にはガーゴイルが出没する。テキサスから出てきて一年、毎日が驚きの連続だ。わたしって、そんなに田舎者?ところがある日、思いもかけないチャンスが舞いこんできた。でもちょっと待って、うまい話には絶対に裏がある…。

おしゃれでキュートなファンタジー、魔法版『ブリジット・ジョーンズの日記』。

Enchantedシリーズ。