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Even Though I Knew the End

Even Though I Knew the End is a stylish magical noir with a heartbreakingly human love story at the center.

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Review of ‘Even Though I Knew the End’

Despite being a book about augurs and warlocks, angels and demons, C.L. Polk’s stylish magical noir Even Though I Knew the End is distinctly and heartbreakingly human.

It’s the late 1930s in grimy Chicago. Helen Brandt, a brilliant wizard who was exiled by her order and…

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