It really showed how feared these women were but also their strength.This is random, but I liked how the book talked about periods. The women were often referred to as witches and that word just holds so many connotations. I also really liked all the witch allusions. It was so refreshing to read a book from that perspective. In general, I loved the Latino folktale vibe of the entire book. The atmosphere the author creates is magical. I loved the writing style of the book as well. All 5 of the girls were bisexual and had a crush on the same girl, and the girl they had a crush on ended up being genderqueer. In addition there was also great LGBT rep. First there was all the diversity! All the main characters are Latinx. It’s really hard to explain what this book is about, because you kind of have to read it for yourself to find out. I have never read anything quite like this before. I received this book for free through BookLikes’ Giveaways.This was such a unique read.
"A solid, must-have addition to McLemore’s growing body of work, this fantastical tale will delight her fans and entice a new audience." - School Library Journal, starred review Read more
Sheer magic: fierce, bright, and blazing with possibility.” - Booklist, starred review “No one does magical realism quite like McLemore, and this third novel, laced with slow-burning suspense, folklore, romance, and spun together with exquisite, luxuriant prose, proves it. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.Īnna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered fabulous reviews and was a finalist for the prestigious YALSA Morris Award, and her second novel, When the Moon was Ours, was longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he’s even more a mystery to himself he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. In Wild Beauty, acclaimed YA author Anna-Marie McLemore introduces a spellbinding setting and two characters who are drawn together by fate-and pulled apart by reality.įor nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world.
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