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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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Review: The House Upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods - Matt Bell
Genre: Magical Realism Published: Soho Press, 2013 My Rating: 1/5 stars "And even if she could not remember his face, she could remember...
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Review: Escape Routes - Naomi Ishiguro
Review of Naomi Ishiguro's debut short story collection Escape Routes
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Review: Fen - Daisy Johnson
Genre: Short Stories, Magical Realism Published: Jonathan Cape, June 2016 My Rating: 4/5 stars “I know who you are though in a moment I...
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Review: The Color of the Sun - David Almond
Genre: YA, Magical Realism, Contemporary Published: Candlewick Press, September 2019 My Rating: 2/5 stars The Color of the Sun is the...
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Review: And the Ocean was Our Sky - Patrick Ness
Genre: fantasy, illustrated novel Published: Walker Books, September 2018 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars ‘’For there are devils in the deep But...
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Review: Salt Slow - Julia Armfield
Genre: Magical Realism, Short Stories Published: Picador, May 2019 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Before him, she had often wondered whether...
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Review: Lanny - Max Porter
Lanny by Max Porter
5/5 stars
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Review: The Lost Coast - Amy Rose Capetta
Genre: YA, Magical Realism, LGBTQ+ Published: Candlewick Press, May 2019 My Rating: 2.5 stars Many thanks to Candlewick Press for...
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Review: The Astonishing Color of After - Emily X.R. Pan
Genre: Young Adult, Magical Realism Published: Orion Childrens Books, March 2018 My Rating: 5/5 stars " I want you to remember ... I...
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Review: The Girl Aquarium - Jen Campbell
Genre: Poetry, Magical Realism Published: Bloodaxe, April 2019 My rating: 4.5/5 stars "Smash this circus to the ground. Howl fiercely at...
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Review: The Language of Dying - Sarah Pinborough
Genre: Literary Fiction, Magical Realism Published: Jo Fletcher Books, 2013 (Originally published 2009) My Rating: 3/5 stars “There is a...
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Review: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories - Kelly Barnhill
Genre: Short Stories, Fantasy/Magical Realism Published: Algonquin Books, February 2018 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars "It is our flaws that make...
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Review: The Book of M - Peng Shepherd
Genre: Fantasy, Post-Apocalyptic Published: William Morrow, June 2018 My rating: 5/5 stars If only we were elephants. Then we could help...
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Review: Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley
Genre: Fantasy, YA Published: HarperCollins, April 2015 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars This book is definitely a polarizing read; you either love...
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Review: Spellbook of the Lost and Found - Moïra Fowley Doyle
Genre: Magical Realism, YA Published: Kathy Dawson Books, june 2017 My Rating: 3/5 stars Here is the thing; i read this book twice in a...
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Review: The Seas - Samantha Hunt
Genre: Magical Realism Published: Tin House Books, july 2018, first published november 2004 My Rating: 3.5/5 Stars "If one word can mean...
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Review: All the Crooked Saints - Maggie Stiefvater
Genre: YA, Magical Realism Published: Scholastic Press, October 2017 My Rating: 2 stars "Not many people realize that the ordinary...
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Review: The Gloaming - Kirsty Logan
Genre: Literary Fiction, Magical Realism Published: Harvill Secker, April 2018 My rating: 5/5 stars All-time-favourite "We can't carry our...
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Review: Wild Beauty - Anna-Marie McLemore
Genre: Magical Realism Published: Feiwel & Friends, October 2017 My Rating: 4.5 stars " Estrella's mother had hoped. If she named a girl...
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