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Dark and Deepest Red

Anna-Marie McLemore (Goodreads Author)

3.63 · Rating details · 2,028 ratings · 636 reviews

Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves.

Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Oliva’s feet, making her dance unco ...more

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Jun 11, 2019 chai ♡ rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, poc-rep, lgbtq-trans, ya-retellings, read-in-2020, own-voices, 2020-releases, lgbtq-rep, fiction, arc

If you’ve been following me for a while, you’d know that any new release by McLemore pulls me along like a child who has hold of my sleeve. I’ve read all of their books, and was racked by them. Each time I turned the last page, I wanted to hold their stories for a while in the quiet undercurrents of myself, until their edges are worn smooth as creek stones. I thought reading Deep and Darkest Red would feel just as familiar, like slipping into your favorite pair of shoes. But this novel lacked th ...more

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Jan 14, 2020 Lala BooksandLala rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2020, 2020-releases, queer

I've given every Anna-Marie McLemore 5 stars, so this is a bit of a surprise even to me! Trying to sort out my feelings is hard because the story telling I know and love was still there. Their vivid descriptions and dynamic characters—still there. The passion and personal connection you can just FEEL in their work—absolutely there. Obviously this and each one of their titles is deeply important to so many readers, what with the characters and representation Anna-Marie offers.

So why was this one I've given every Anna-Marie McLemore 5 stars, so this is a bit of a surprise even to me! Trying to sort out my feelings is hard because the story telling I know and love was still there. Their vivid descriptions and dynamic characters—still there. The passion and personal connection you can just FEEL in their work—absolutely there. Obviously this and each one of their titles is deeply important to so many readers, what with the characters and representation Anna-Marie offers.

So why was this one just okay for me? I think it's one part the amount of characters and the time we had with them; each section was only 2-3 pages before switching perspectives, which definitely kept things fast paced and interesting, but ultimately was a little jarring. The thing with dual timelines and dual (or a manifold of) perspectives, is sometimes you'll love one section, or one character more than others, and in this case some of the sections were just stronger. I wanted more time to connect and understand the magic and setting and history before being whisked off to another moment.

The other part is hard to qualify without referencing their other work, which I hate to do as comparing other titles should have no impact on my enjoyment of a stand alone novel—but the fact is I feel like I've read these characters before. It's like when the same cast from American Horror Story plays totally new characters season to season. The story is still fresh and interesting, but the faces are the same. It felt familiar. Which could be great for some readers, but ultimately too conventional for what I was looking for. I've seen these character traits before from this author, felt this same chemistry before, the same interactions, saw the same scenes play out, like the classic McLemore life-altering-moment-set-in-a-body-of-water scene. It was all GOOD, just not the most impactful read I've had.

If this is the first or second Anna-Marie McLemore you're checking out, highly recommend. If it's the fifth? It may be a little monotonous. But that's just me!

This ARC was kindly provided by the lovely people at Raincoast Books. ...more

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Aug 26, 2019 Mackenzi rated it it was amazing

This book has ruined all other books for me.

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Aug 21, 2019 Caidyn (he/him/his) rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, historical-fiction, queer-reads, retellings, young-adult-fiction, from-publisher-or-author, arc

Thanks to Edelweiss and Feiwel & Friends for having this book up for download! (Also thanks to my friend who sent it to me first after I was complaining about being rejected!)

CW: transphobia, racism, anti-Romani, and near executions

I will say, I liked this better than the other book that I read by them. In that one, I absolutely adored their transman character because McLemore so accurately captured that experience. It was gorgeous.

This book is quite different. It's told in alternating perspecti Thanks to Edelweiss and Feiwel & Friends for having this book up for download! (Also thanks to my friend who sent it to me first after I was complaining about being rejected!)

CW: transphobia, racism, anti-Romani, and near executions

I will say, I liked this better than the other book that I read by them. In that one, I absolutely adored their transman character because McLemore so accurately captured that experience. It was gorgeous.

This book is quite different. It's told in alternating perspectives. One in 1518 during the dancing fever that struck, and is a real historical event, mainly through Lala's eyes. Lala is a Romani woman who is in love with a transman. The second is in the present, told either by Rosella or Emil. Rosella is a Latina teen whose family makes shoes and Emil is one of Lala's descendants. Both Rosella and Emil face persecution for who they are just because of their heritage.

What first struck me is the Romani angle. I find Romani culture fascinating and have read about it as much as I could, even though there's not a lot out there. This book isn't a deep dive into the culture, but it was what first really drew me into the story. I also find the historical background amazing because I don't think enough has been written about the dancing fever.

But, this book does suffer in some ways and I think that's just because of my taste. I really like books that have a set plot and I can kind of see where it's going. I want to be surprised, but I still like knowing what the story is working towards. In this, it didn't really have a set plot. I was 90% in and I had no idea where the story was going. It didn't help that the chapters were so short and right when I was getting immersed in that character's world, it changed to another perspective and I'd lose track of things.

That was the hardest part for me. So, while I enjoyed it, I didn't feel like I got as deep a dive into the characters. I never got quite comfortable with them or very attached. I know there was more to them, but I just couldn't get to the level I wanted to.

This is probably a book that I'd enjoy more on a reread, a lot like Erin Morgenstern. Maybe one day I'll sit down to read it again now that I know the whole story and can catch onto more details.

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Me: *requests book with emphasis that I'm an ownvoices reviewer as a transman*
Publisher: *denies request*

Not the first time this has happened or that I've heard of this happening. ...more

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Jun 11, 2019 Elle (ellexamines) marked it as tbr

Shelves: x-tbr2020

I’m so delighted by everything about this blurb. Anna-Marie I love you

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May 11, 2019 destiny ♡⚔♡ [howling libraries] marked it as to-read

Shelves: owned-ebooks, owned-tbr, review-copies

update: Dec 3, 2019
This was what Twitter chose for my November "pick it for me" read, and I was really stoked to pick it up, but sadly just wasn't in the right reading mood for it at all! Anna-Marie has such an incredible style but I always find I have to be in just the right headspace for it, and I'm not right now. Rather than risk forcing myself and enjoying it less than I would have otherwise, I'm saving it for later. ♥

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I want to read everything Anna-Marie McLemore ever writes, forever, hon ...more

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Dec 05, 2019 h o l l i s added it

Shelves: fantasy, hello-diversity, finished-in-december-2019, hist-fiction, ya, lgbtqia, romance, 2019-reads, arc, ebook

I've had a few reasons to not rate books over the years. But sometimes the reason is simply because I honestly don't know what the book deserves. This here is one of those times.

This is my first McLemore despite hearing nothing but wonderful magical things about their writing for.. years. And I can admit, this was magical and at times wonderful. But did I enjoy the experience? I'm not sure. There is so much to be gained by this story, the message within, the truths, the history.. some moments re ...more

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Oct 30, 2019 Jasmine from How Useful It Is added it

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DNF... I’m just not feeling it. I tried but I don’t find any of the character’s views interesting. The love sprung up out of nowhere since there’s an 11 years jump. All of a sudden Lala wanted to kiss Alifair and Emil saying he likes Rosella long ago but when did that happen? I hate to DNF but I just don’t care to find out the ending.

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Oct 07, 2020 may ➹ marked it as to-read

other people seemed to be disappointed by this but I refuse to be let down by one of my favorite authors.....

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Apr 29, 2019 libraryofjonna marked it as to-read

Shelves: owned-tbr-bought-in-2020, owned-tbr-total

”a brutal fairy tale. the true medieval events that may have inspired it. two girls of color, 500 years apart. and the queerest ending I've ever written.”

I CAN’T WAIT!!! ...more

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May 04, 2019 ˗ˏˋliaˎˊ˗ marked it as to-read

Shelves: 2020-releases, tbr-all, tbr-ebooks, bookopoly-fantasy, bookopoly-darkcover

this cover is GORGEOUS and the premise sounds SOOO GOOD!!! i’m super excited, can it please be 2020 already

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Jan 19, 2020 unknown pokemon marked it as dnf

Shelves: lgbtqia

DNF at 60%

i’m just bored and not focused and the audiobook is weird

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Feb 23, 2021 solanne added it

ever late to the party but!! here I am (finally) reading my first anna-marie mclemore book!! hope everyone's proud 🥰 ...more

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Feb 02, 2020 kav (xreadingsolacex) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bad-bitches, latinx-fiction, queer-fiction, sapphic-fiction, historical-fiction, young-adult-fantasy, non-cis-rep, superior-writing-style

not to be dramatic but i would pay anna-marie mclemore to step on me

"'We can't ask him to hide everything about himself,' his father said. 'He didn't do anything wrong.'

'When has that ever mattered?'

Dark and Deepest Red is Anna-Marie McLemore's fifth novel, and the third of their's that I have read. Somehow, I fall more in love with each McLemore novel I've read; I love each one more than the last, and that stayed true with their latest work.

Dark and Deepest Red is a re-telling of Ha ...more

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May 03, 2019 ♠ TABI⁷ ♠ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: edelweiss

"We are more than what we've survived."

I've realized that I cannot review a Anna-Marie McLemore book. Why?? Because she writes with such effortless magic that's it's nigh impossible to define the power of it in a review. I have been swept away by everything she's written, all of her stories shamelessly queer and lovely fairytales that draw me in every time. No, they are not the greatest examples of writing nor something that I can shriek about how perfect it is on all levels BUT they really ...more

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Aug 01, 2019 Emily added it

i desperately need this book in my life

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Dec 14, 2019 Fadwa (Word Wonders) rated it really liked it

Shelves: magical-realism-fabulism, 2020-releases, historical-fiction, bipoc, young-adult, sent-for-review

This book was so beautiful and important and had so many important elements weaved into it, I can't possibly coherent about it right now.

That above is a previous update, right after I finished the book, and now, a month later, as I came here to finally write a (brief) review, I'm finding that it still holds true. Although this isn't one of my favorite Anna-Marie Mclemore's book the quiet words within its pages still had a big impact on me.

So if you know me, you know I'm a sucker for books with This book was so beautiful and important and had so many important elements weaved into it, I can't possibly coherent about it right now.

That above is a previous update, right after I finished the book, and now, a month later, as I came here to finally write a (brief) review, I'm finding that it still holds true. Although this isn't one of my favorite Anna-Marie Mclemore's book the quiet words within its pages still had a big impact on me.

So if you know me, you know I'm a sucker for books with two timelines with actions of the past having an impact on the people of the present, and that's exactly what DARK AND DEEPEST RED DOES. It follows Rosella and Emil who are childhood friends living in the same small town and are the two minority kids in their class, Rosella is Latina and Emil is Romani. Rosella's family makes red shoes and as Rosella makes her won pair, it seems to be enchanted, trapping her feet and making her dance uncontrollably. Then in the past, Lavinia, a Romani girl, is peacefully living in Strasbourg in the 16th century while hiding her ethnicity because her people are being hunted, chased out and killed, but then people start uncontrollably dancing and dying from the dance plague and fingers start being pointed in her and her aunt's direction.

So yes, this is in many ways a Red Shoes retelling, with many elements of the original story sprinkled in both timelines, but the author puts their own magical spin on it. At its core this is a story of prejudice, racism and xenophobia and the kinds of coping mechanisms people my use to face the oppression that comes with it. It's a powerful story of embracing who you are in a world that's set on hating you and making you hate yourself. This story also shows that even 500 years apart things aren't as different as they might seem, as sad as that sounds, AND that the actions of our ancestors aren't always as resolved as we think they are and they might catch up with us no matter how hard we try to ignore them.

DARK AND DEEPEST RED has Anna-Marie's staple quiet whimsical writing threading this story together, and although as times I wasn't unsure I was 100% sold on it or really invested in what was happening, that kept me reading, which is something I was grateful for at the end when both stories started overlapping and the connections between them started to unfold and as our main characters grew and came into themselves. This story has also another character who doesn't have a POV but is Lala's (Lavinia) love interest and he's a trans boy. And I really liked how all these elements came together to make this book what it is. ...more

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Apr 29, 2020 ℓуηη, ℓσкιѕℓутнєя¢ℓαω added it · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbt-rep, fantasy-ya, standalone, hist-fic-ya-mg, 2020-releases, bored-as-hell, dnf-just-can-t, retellings, meh

This was my first experience with this author and I can't say I'll probably be picking up anything else by her 👀 I wanted so badly to love this! The premise sounded so darkly whimsical and inriguing, I expected to be swept up and bewitched, but instead it was beyond underwhelming, disconnected and I was bored out of my bloody mind 😫

The chapters in this are super short, 6 pages max, but usually only around 4. You barely get your feet under you in one time period before you're whisked off to the m This was my first experience with this author and I can't say I'll probably be picking up anything else by her 👀 I wanted so badly to love this! The premise sounded so darkly whimsical and inriguing, I expected to be swept up and bewitched, but instead it was beyond underwhelming, disconnected and I was bored out of my bloody mind 😫

The chapters in this are super short, 6 pages max, but usually only around 4. You barely get your feet under you in one time period before you're whisked off to the modern time period and vice versa. It's flitting back and forth so much, with such short chapters that you don't get ANY time to connect to ANY of the characters in either time period. I couldn't care any less for the characters than this book made me 😖 Particularly Emil & Rosella in the modern time period. They were so flat n boring, omg just STOP! I was ever so slightly more interested in Lala & Alifair, and honestly I might've been able to press on and finish the book if it was just about them. But alas, it wasn't 😔

Lala insisting on keeping Alifair at arms length frustrated me as well. He was already "in danger" because he lived with them & was apprenticing to her Tante. Lala ignoring him only hurt him 😤

There's also a lot of cultural terms in here that I stumbled over and probably would've helped give authenticity to the story if I knew what they meant. A glossary at the front would've been sooo beneficial for this.

Anyway, I struggled and pushed, crawled and cried trying to get through this ever flitting, confusing & disjointed novel 😭 But in the end it beat me into the ground 🔨 I had 54% to go to finish in 2hrs time before the library sucked my ebook away 🔜 I gave up in defeat cause there was just no way I could finish it in time ⌛

So it's DNFed at 46% 🚫 If my renewed reservation comes in any time within the next month I may try and finish it, but we'll see 😶Since there wasn't an ounce of interesting bits in the 46% I got through I don't feel like there's much hope of that improving in the latter part of the story 😣

If anyone has read any of the other books by this author and would recommend them let me know. I don't want to completely write off an author based on just one of their books 😞 ...more

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Nov 30, 2020 Mel rated it really liked it

Shelves: quarantine, all-time-favorites, 2020

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I wish I didn't originally DNF this book. "Dark and Deepest Red," was a very good book. It's a historical fiction based on the dancing plague of 1518, which is basically when people would randomly start dancing, and they couldn't stop(?) until they either died or fell from exhaustion. I'm not entirely sure though, because I'm just relying on google here.

The plot of this book was very unique. I don't think I've ever seen a book that shows/talks about the dancing plague. I can only imagi ...more

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Jul 30, 2019 ʙᴇʟᴀ.: ☾**:.☆*.:｡. marked it as to-read

ARC provided by the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review (Thank you!)

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Jan 14, 2020 ☼ rachel ☼ (artistically reading) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, retelling, arc, young-adult, favorites, 2020

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"We are more than what we've survived"

In this retelling of the classic story "The Red Shoes", this story is told in alternating perspectives. One set in 1518 Strausburg, France.
A dancing fever takes over its residents compelling them to dance without stopping and some to death. As rumors of witchcraft and demon possession spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia Blau.

Our second perspective set five centuries later, when a pair of red shoes seals t ...more

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Oct 24, 2019 Dany marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Romani Girl
Trans Boy
Hans Anderson's retelling!

I mean , Anna-Marie McLemore can just start barging in and ask people for money and I'll be okay with it.

I thank all the gods for an ARC opportunity! (Lol , thanks Edelweiss and MacMillan)

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Jul 15, 2020 Alexa rated it liked it

Shelves: flights-of-fantasy-2020, read-in-2020, listened-on-audio

3.5 stars. I’m always incredibly interested in stories where the author weaves in magic and history to create a backdrop and perspective of sorts on issues that feel raw, relevant and contemporary. Anna-Marie McLemore succeeds yet again in telling a beautiful story while also portraying some incredibly honest feelings and experiences through the lenses of her characters, and I thought it was super compelling.

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May 10, 2020 Stella ☆Paper Wings☆ rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbt-plus-presence, sensibility-but-no-sense, great-expectations, pretty-covers, best-books-of-2020, but-where-is-the-editor, good-romance, historical-fiction-ish, took-forever

I'm pretty sure I've read and loved all of Anna-Marie McLemore's published books, and I would consider them one of my favorite authors, so I had very high expectations going into this book, especially as the follow-up to the explosive Blanca & Roja. I really did enjoy this book a lot, but it wasn't everything I had hoped, so it's probably going to sound like I liked it a lot less than I did.

The concept drew me in immediately, because I always enjoy retellings of obscure fairy tales, and I knew I'm pretty sure I've read and loved all of Anna-Marie McLemore's published books, and I would consider them one of my favorite authors, so I had very high expectations going into this book, especially as the follow-up to the explosive Blanca & Roja. I really did enjoy this book a lot, but it wasn't everything I had hoped, so it's probably going to sound like I liked it a lot less than I did.

The concept drew me in immediately, because I always enjoy retellings of obscure fairy tales, and I knew McLemore could do that since Blanca & Roja is also a fairy tale retelling, which was amazing. I also really do like stories with concurrent POVs and plotlines, which is a big part of this book. The execution didn't really live up to my expectations though.

The multiple POVs actually became frustrating, because it seemed like I was just waiting for something to happen in the historical setting before anything could happen in the present day. It kind of bothered me that only Lala had a POV in the past (and Altair, her LI didn't have one) while both Rosella and Emil got POVs. That might have been what led to the seemingly unbalanced plot events between past and present. I also didn't like that Rosella was inexplicably in first person while the other two POVs were in third. I couldn't find a good reason for it, and it just became confusing to switch back and forth.

I love character-driven novels, but I actually wish there had been a bit more focus on plot. I think the main thing that kept me from fully enjoying this story is that, for the majority of the book, there was very little progress toward resolving the conflict, which made the middle of the story feel something stagnant. I still enjoyed reading it, but looking back on it, the rising action focused more on the development of the conflict and its affect on character dynamics than on the characters' efforts to stop it.

However, the characters are amazing, as always, and they each seemed to have their own specific motivations that made their actions very believable. The romance is very cute, and (again, as usual) the messaging about oppression and deviance from societal norms is impeccable. And of course, their writing style is amazing as always. So I guess I would still recommend this book, but if you haven't read anything by McLemore yet, start with one of their other books, particularly Blanca y Roja or When the Moon Was Ours.

CWs: prejudice against Romani people (one use of slur), transphobia, fear of genocide, implied homophobia, colorism, implied racism (all heavily challenged) ...more

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Jan 17, 2020 Juan rated it liked it

Shelves: lgbtq

I feel bad that this was my first Anna-Marie McLemore book because oh man, this is not what I expected.

This was such a choppy read. The decision to split the story into three perspectives, then split it again into third person present tense, third person past tense and first person past tense, and then split it AGAIN into these tiny three page chapters makes each little section feel very self-contained. I kept having to actively remind myself that the chapters were all connected because it was s ...more

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Oct 21, 2019 Adri rated it it was amazing

Shelves: latinx-authors, favorites, ownvoices, arc, queer-lit

TWs: Mild descriptions of gore/body horror, peripheral depictions of racism and homophobia/transphobia.

Y'all are not READY for how hard this story goes in exploring the experience of being othered, of being feared and taught to fear yourself, and learning how to reconcile with history and trauma. Anna-Marie McLemore stuns yet again in this fairy-tale retelling that is at times dark and twisted, at times warm and hopeful, but consistently utterly awe-inspiring from start to finish. ...more

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Jun 11, 2019 🍓 rated it liked it

as much as it pains me to say this about an anna-marie mclemore book, this was just okayish - ironically I probably would’ve given it a higher rating if I had never read their earlier work because it’s not BAD per se, I just know they’re capable of more as a writer. it deals with a lot of important topics, but unfortunately the characters don’t feel as real as their previous ones did, the tone comes off as a bit heavy-handed at times, and the ending feels so wildly unrealistic that it’s.......no ...more

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Apr 18, 2020 Enne rated it really liked it

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4 stars

To this day, I have not read an Anna-Marie McLemore book that I haven't been surprised by.

This book is everything that it promises to be in the synopsis, but it's also so much more. It's about a dancing plague, yes, and it's about two girls born 500 years apart, and it's about the way they're both seen as outsiders in their respective communities.

But it's also about queer people and people of color finding and building safe communities for themselves. It's about the courage it requires 4 stars

To this day, I have not read an Anna-Marie McLemore book that I haven't been surprised by.

This book is everything that it promises to be in the synopsis, but it's also so much more. It's about a dancing plague, yes, and it's about two girls born 500 years apart, and it's about the way they're both seen as outsiders in their respective communities.

But it's also about queer people and people of color finding and building safe communities for themselves. It's about the courage it requires to exist in spite of all the people who try to tell queer people and people of color that their presence isn't wanted.

It's also about recalling your roots. It's about remembering the history that the white allocishet people in charge seem to be determined to erase. It's about finding power in those stories and connecting to them and drawing strength from them.

I adored all of the characters in both of the timelines. They were all unique in their own way and I adored the way they played off of each other. I also adored the similarities between the two storylines and how they were tied up in the end.

I also really loved the development of all the relationships, especially because all of the characters were so well-established on their own that it felt like they relationships were developed really easily and naturally over the course of the story.

And of course, I cannot write a review of an Anna-Marie McLemore book without mentioning their gorgeous writing style that's definitely present in this one. It's lyrical and detailed and incredibly beautiful. It added so much to the story and I adored every second I got to spend reading this book.

My favorite thing about Anna-Marie's books is how they always make sure that the queer characters and the characters of color always get a happy or hopeful ending. In picking up a book by them, I'm always sure that I'll leave it feeling hopeful and validated and this book was no different. I finished up this book at 1am, crying in my bed, and I would not have it any other way. ...more

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Aug 05, 2020 Vicky Again rated it it was amazing

A lot of the times I low-key hate alternating past/present chapters (I am impatient) but I actually loved them in this. Part of the reason was that the chapters were short and sweet, but perfectly crafted such that you still get enough plot to keep you going.

I genuinely could not decide if I liked reading about Lala and Alifair or Rosella and Emil more. Both of the timelines had me watching closely, and I love the parallels and subtle nudges McLemore used.

Definitely liked this more than Wild B ...more

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Anna-Marie McLemore was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and taught by their family to hear la llorona in the Santa Ana winds. They are the author of THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS, a finalist for the 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award; 2017 Stonewall Honor Book WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature; WILD BEAUTY, a Kirkus Be ...more

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“I would find a way to make sure we never had to destroy something of ourselves just to stop other people from taking it. - Rosella” — 6 likes

“This is a city where the story they choose to believe about you depends on how well they think of you, and that story can shift as suddenly as the wink of those stars.” — 3 likes

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