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bolynne 's review for:
Spellbook of the Lost and Found
by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
*I received a copy of this book through Penguin's FirstToRead Program!****
This YA Fantasy has so much of what I really enjoy reading: LGBT representation (a lesbian character and two bi characters), dark magic, and small towns with some mysterious residents.
I enjoyed the bit about two bi characters trying to give it a go (because they're the only ones open in town) and then realizing that some people just should stay friends. Stuff like that really flies in the face of what people see bi people as. Like they fuck anyone anytime. Just because you're attracted to a gender in general, doesn't mean you will automatically make a good couple with them.
My only problem was that while I genuinely liked these characters, half of them could have been written out or combined and I might not have noticed. Mostly because they all had very similar voices and POVs. I don't really enjoy when I have to parse out who I'm following through context (even with the names at the start of their POV I got confused at times).
I'm also glad the magic here adhered to its own rules. Sometimes that gets a little iffy, especially in YA.
SPOILER AFTER THIS POINT
The bit with leaving Mags' involvement ambiguous is brilliant as well. Some things don't need to be explicitly laid out in stories like this, in my opinion.
This YA Fantasy has so much of what I really enjoy reading: LGBT representation (a lesbian character and two bi characters), dark magic, and small towns with some mysterious residents.
I enjoyed the bit about two bi characters trying to give it a go (because they're the only ones open in town) and then realizing that some people just should stay friends. Stuff like that really flies in the face of what people see bi people as. Like they fuck anyone anytime. Just because you're attracted to a gender in general, doesn't mean you will automatically make a good couple with them.
My only problem was that while I genuinely liked these characters, half of them could have been written out or combined and I might not have noticed. Mostly because they all had very similar voices and POVs. I don't really enjoy when I have to parse out who I'm following through context (even with the names at the start of their POV I got confused at times).
I'm also glad the magic here adhered to its own rules. Sometimes that gets a little iffy, especially in YA.
SPOILER AFTER THIS POINT
The bit with leaving Mags' involvement ambiguous is brilliant as well. Some things don't need to be explicitly laid out in stories like this, in my opinion.