A review by heykellyjensen
A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

This is magical realism! It's quite reminiscent of Nova Ren Suma's IMAGINARY GIRLS, and I mean that in a very good way. It's about heroism, about girls staking a claim in their own stories, about cultural values and how white men think they can control and own everything (patriarchyyy). But it's a feminism novel featuring a male lead character, so those things are far more subtle than overt.

The language and writing are excellent and Mabry's an author I can't wait to read more from.