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hmgauthier 's review for:
Homegrown Magic
by Rebecca Podos, Jamie Pacton
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Huge thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an e-Arc in exchange for an honest review!
“I have been choosing you everyday for four months now.”
“Their grin is all wickedness, infectious as root rot.”
NOTHING beats a masquerade ball scene and everything that follows had me in a chokehold. The alter scene?? Wow.
I love the queer cozy cottagecore-ness of the story. Low stakes and deeply comforting, for the most part. I also love how the queerness of the story is never a point of contention, it’s just an accepted aspect of the world.
I struggled with the info dump of an exposition. Following the description of the country was nearly impossible and I wish the authors went more into the magic system and how Margo’s grows. I thought it all tied up far too nicely with the imposing power of the Clauneck’s for it to end the way it did, but it’s cute and charming and it doesn’t need to be more than that.
And I would do anything for a second story following a pairing the story alluded too with ridiculous chemistry.
“I have been choosing you everyday for four months now.”
“Their grin is all wickedness, infectious as root rot.”
NOTHING beats a masquerade ball scene and everything that follows had me in a chokehold. The alter scene?? Wow.
I love the queer cozy cottagecore-ness of the story. Low stakes and deeply comforting, for the most part. I also love how the queerness of the story is never a point of contention, it’s just an accepted aspect of the world.
I struggled with the info dump of an exposition. Following the description of the country was nearly impossible and I wish the authors went more into the magic system and how Margo’s grows. I thought it all tied up far too nicely with the imposing power of the Clauneck’s for it to end the way it did, but it’s cute and charming and it doesn’t need to be more than that.
And I would do anything for a second story following a pairing the story alluded too with ridiculous chemistry.