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Review: Wolfwood - Marianna Baer
Genre: Young Adult contemporary, magical realism Published: Amulet Books/Tantor Audio, March 2023 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “What does it...
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Review: The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts - Soraya Porter
Genre: Magical Realism Published: Viper Publishing, March 2023 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "See once upon a time there was a woman. And this...
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Review: Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Genre: Speculative horror Published: Zando Projects, March 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars "He wasn’t Monstrilio anymore, but he wasn’t...
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Review: Catfish Rolling - Clara Kumagai
Genre: Magical Realism, Science fiction, Grief Published: Zephyr, March 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars, potential new favourite "In the zone,...
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Review: We Are All So Good At Smiling - Amber McBride
Genre: Novel in Verse Published: Feiwel Friends, January 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars "My point is that a leaf knows it’s important at all...
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Review: The Alchemy of Letting Go - Amber Morrell
Genre: Middle-grade, Magical Realism Published: Albert Whitman & Company, March 2023 Actual Rating: 2.5/5 stars The Alchemy of Letting Go...
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Review: Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Genre: magical realism, literary fiction Published: Picador Press, September 2019, (first published December 2015 in the original...
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Review: The Women Could Fly - Megan Giddings
Genre: Literary Fiction, Dystopian Published: Pan MacMillan, August 2022 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “This is the story of the witch who...
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Review: The Weight of Loss - Sally Oliver
Genre: Magical Realism, Horror Published: Oneworld Publishers, June 2022 My rating: 2/5 stars Whilst grieving the death of her sister,...
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Review: The Seawomen - Chloe Timms
Genre: Literary Fiction, Magical Realism Published: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2022 My Rating: 4/5 stars If Kirsty Logan is going to...
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Review: Lakelore - Anna-Marie McLemore
Review of Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, 4/5 stars, Magical Realism, March 2022 release, rep: LGBTQ, neurodiversity, latinx, own-voices
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Review: Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield
The FictionFox reviews Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. 5/5 stars. Many thanks to Picador and the author for providing me with an
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Review: Chouette - Claire Oshetsky
Genre: Literary Fiction, Fabulism Published: Little Brown UK, November 4th 2021 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “It was easier to love you before...
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Review: Wildwood Whispers - Willa Reece
Genre: Magical Realism Published: Redhook Publishing, August 2021 My Rating: 5/5 stars "It felt as if I was fighting this injustice,...
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Review: Strange Creatures – Phoebe North
Genre: Contemporary (with magical elements) Published: Balzer & Bray, June 2021 My Rating: 5/5 stars From the dictionary of obscure...
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Review: Waterland - Pieter Kranenborg (Dutch)
Genre: Magisch realisme, Nederlandse Literatuur Uitgeverij: van Oorschot, April 2021 Rating: 3/5 sterren “Soms zijn er momenten die niet...
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Review: The Mirror Season - Anna-Marie McLemore
Genre: Magical Realism Published: Feiwel & Friends, March 2021 My Rating: 5/5 stars "People want to lose things on their own terms, not...
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Review: The Stranding - Kate Sawyer
Genre: Post-apocalyptic, Literary Fiction Published: Hodder & Stoughton, June 2021 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Everything needs an ending. We...
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First Review of 2021: When the Moon was Ours - Anna-Marie McLemore
Genre: Young Adult, Magical Realism Published: Thomas Dunne Books, October 2016 My Rating: 4/5 stars “They would remember only that Miel...
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Review: Feathertide - Beth Cartwright
Genre: Fantasy, Magical Realism Published: Del Rey Publishing, July 2020 Rating: 4/5 stars “A place full of memories can never be...
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