Category: magical realism
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Book Review: One & Only by Maurene Goo
A thoughtful review of One & Only by Maurene Goo, a romantic story about fate, past lives, and choosing between logical love and the one that feels right.
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Book Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
A spoiler-light review of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab—an unforgettable story about immortality, memory, love, and the cost of making a deal with the dark.
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Book Review: Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen is a magical, character-driven novel set on Mallow Island, where secrets, ghosts, and found family intertwine in an enchanting story of healing and hope.
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Book Review: Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven
What if your soulmate was also your killer? In Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven, two souls are bound across lifetimes by love, betrayal, and a curse that ends in murder—every time. This spoiler-filled review dives into reincarnation timelines, queer identity, and whether fate can ever truly be broken.
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Book Review: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
A haunting gothic novel, The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister explores family, sacrifice, and magical realism.
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Book Review: When Women Were Dragons
This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill is a 367-page historical fiction/fantasy with magical realism sprinkled in. The book focuses on Alex Green, a young girl who lives in a similar world to us except for the Mass Dragoning event in 1955. Hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales and talons and left a fiery trail of destruction before taking to the…
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Book Review: In Five Years
This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! In Five Years by Rebecca Serle is a 272-page romance novel with added magical realism. It’s about Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan. During the most important interview of her career, she’s asked where she sees herself in five years. Of course, she has a meticulously crafted answer ready and she nails the interview. Afterward, she accepts her boyfriend’s marriage proposal. Dannie goes to bed that night…
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Book Review: Reincarnation Blues
This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore is a 374-page magical realism/fantasy novel. The story follows Milo, a soul who has lived almost 10,000 lives and is on the verge of achieving “perfection”—or eternal oblivion if he fails. Along the way, he navigates love, loss and the absurdities of existence, including his romance with Death herself, known as Suzie. This was such a unique read, I couldn’t put…
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Book Review: The Nightmare Before Kissmas
This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sarah Raasch is a 368-page romance novel with the main focus being Christmas Price Nicholas “Coal” Claus and Halloween Price Hex. It’s the first in the Royals and Romance series. Here is the book blurb: Nicholas “Coal” Claus used to love Christmas. Until his father, the reigning Santa, turned the holiday into a PR façade. Coal will do anything to escape…
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Book Review: The Coincidence Makers
This post contains mild spoilers. The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blum is a 304-page magical realism novel where the Coincidence Makers—Guy, Emily, and Eric—work for a secret organization dedicated to creating and carrying out coincidences. They pretend to be ordinary people, but each have a notebook with assignments to orchestrate events designed to spark significant changes in the lives of their targets. Any coincidence people have ever had was thanks to people like them, who seem to be borderline angels or other supernatural entities. I adored this book; it was such a cute story and a unique idea. It’s hard…