In Malinalli by Veronica Chapa, we follow the titular main character through the events of her life, as she goes from child to adolescent to woman. She learns early on that she has an aptitude for magic, but only boys are allowed to attend the school for magic in Tenochtitlan, so her twin brother Eagle …
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Book Review | When the Tides Held the Moon (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. When the Tides Held the Moon follows Benny, a young man who has traveled from …
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Book Review | Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang, a young woman named Yeva joins …
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Book Review | A Language of Dragons
In A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson, it’s the 1920s, and there has been a precarious truce struck between the dragons and humans of Great Britain for some time now. But there are rumblings of a rebellion, determined to get better rights for the dragons and to dismantle the human class system. Vivian, …
Book Review | Greenteeth (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill tells the story of Jenny Greenteeth, a lake-dwelling creature who lives near a small human town in …
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