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Book Review: "Kat Incorrigible" by Stephanie Burgis

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Summary from BN.com: Katherine Ann Stephenson has just discovered that she's inherited her mother's magical talents, and despite Stepmama's stern objections, she's determined to learn how to use them. But with her eldest sister Elissa's intended fiancé, the sinister Sir Neville, showing a dangerous interest in Kat's magical potential; her other sister, Angeline, wreaking romantic havoc with her own witchcraft; and a highwayman lurking in the forest, even Kat's reckless heroism will be tested to the upmost. If she can learn to control her new powers, will Kat be able to rescue her family and win her sisters their true love? Kat is a great heroine for young tween girls. She's 12 years old but she's very spunky and very smart. Even though she lives in 1800s Britain, she already doesn't want to conform to the norm and is desperate to be her true self. I thought she was terribly funny and downright witty. She is very curious and desperate to kno...