A review by lyrareadsbooks
This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

I have mixed thoughts on this book. I loved the plot, the magical-realism, and history. Touching on both the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution, this story tells an important part of history. The magical realism elements (the river, the color) worked well to keep the story engaging. There are two LGBTQ+ love triangles. One worked. The other relied too much on insta-love to be believable and the resulting emotional part of it was less real to me than a golem. The surface level relationship seemed at odds with the depth found elsewhere. Hard for me to decide on a star rating for this one.