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i LOVE suzanne park her books are SO CUTE. I'm so happy she has a Christmas novel this is so fun i can't wait to have the perfect Christmas book to reread this year!!
Validating, heartwarming, sweet, honest, romantic, light, fun
Lunar Love is a book I’ve been excited about since the moment I knew it was coming out. If you know me at all you know that I’m a big advocate for better mixed race representation in media because it’s personal to me. It’s far too often that our stories are written by someone else and our mixed identity is used as a tool for the author to make some comment about race.
To them, sometimes we are used as proof that racism no longer exists and sometimes we are said to be abominations or freaks of nature for just existing. But it’s far more rare and far more special when someone who understands that we are just people doing our best when the world pushes such contradictory expectations onto us. Someone like Lauren.
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Lunar Love is a book I’ve been excited about since the moment I knew it was coming out. If you know me at all you know that I’m a big advocate for better mixed race representation in media because it’s personal to me. It’s far too often that our stories are written by someone else and our mixed identity is used as a tool for the author to make some comment about race.
To them, sometimes we are used as proof that racism no longer exists and sometimes we are said to be abominations or freaks of nature for just existing. But it’s far more rare and far more special when someone who understands that we are just people doing our best when the world pushes such contradictory expectations onto us. Someone like Lauren.
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i loved the blend of cultures in a multicultural family in this. This book managed to tackle so many things all in one. I love when books blend together multicultural magic with social commentary. It's so deeply real to the world we live in today and I can't wait to see more of it. River Woman, River Demon really kept me guessing and captivated by the magic.
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This is actually SO cute! I'm always such a sucker for stories about our passions not turning out in the way that we intend them to. When we work so hard for something but the thing that's meant to comes together rather than the thing we think is supposed to happen. It's always such a delight and it's always so comforting.
Can't wait for more from Leanne Yong!
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Can't wait for more from Leanne Yong!
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Incredible. This book surprised me in so many more ways than i anticipated but the one thing I was not surprised about was that I loved it. Mia is a really brilliant storyteller and I'm so honored I got to read an early copy.
I loved the way that cultures clashed and melded together in this it's so REAL. I need more of this ASAP
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I loved the way that cultures clashed and melded together in this it's so REAL. I need more of this ASAP
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Haunting, beautiful, heartbreaking, magical, important, challenging
Deep in Providence is beautifully haunting. It’s an exploration of grief and all of the wrong ways that we deal with it. I found myself with a heavy heart the entire time I was reading. Neilson has a profound way of weaving magic into the lives of these characters. Magic is something that we live with and it is something that helps us get through the tough times. It isn’t a magic switch that we use to solve our problems, it’s an extension of ourselves and how we manage our lives.
Quick Summary: Best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie, and Jasmine have filled Providence, Rhode Island with memories of magic spells and mixing potions with the help of the magic taught to them by Miliani’s grandmother. But when Jasmine dies in an accident, the city becomes filled with grief and the shadow of Jasmine’s friendship. Unable to accept her death as final, the friends vow to use their magic to bring her back, but magic that powerful ends up growing darker and more demanding than they ever could have imagined.
Deep in Providence will pull at your heartstrings in more ways than you can imagine. The exploration of grief, friendship, and love is nothing short of beautiful. Magic in novels shines brightest when it is used to emphasize the human condition and Neilson portrays grief intermingled with magic flawlessly. Though we don’t all turn to necromancy or trying to raise the dead, the way that the characters desperately try to do whatever it takes to bring back someone they love is a painfully raw human experience. The magic growing darker and more demanding is the perfect way to express what happens when we refuse to deal with our grief.
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Deep in Providence is beautifully haunting. It’s an exploration of grief and all of the wrong ways that we deal with it. I found myself with a heavy heart the entire time I was reading. Neilson has a profound way of weaving magic into the lives of these characters. Magic is something that we live with and it is something that helps us get through the tough times. It isn’t a magic switch that we use to solve our problems, it’s an extension of ourselves and how we manage our lives.
Quick Summary: Best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie, and Jasmine have filled Providence, Rhode Island with memories of magic spells and mixing potions with the help of the magic taught to them by Miliani’s grandmother. But when Jasmine dies in an accident, the city becomes filled with grief and the shadow of Jasmine’s friendship. Unable to accept her death as final, the friends vow to use their magic to bring her back, but magic that powerful ends up growing darker and more demanding than they ever could have imagined.
Deep in Providence will pull at your heartstrings in more ways than you can imagine. The exploration of grief, friendship, and love is nothing short of beautiful. Magic in novels shines brightest when it is used to emphasize the human condition and Neilson portrays grief intermingled with magic flawlessly. Though we don’t all turn to necromancy or trying to raise the dead, the way that the characters desperately try to do whatever it takes to bring back someone they love is a painfully raw human experience. The magic growing darker and more demanding is the perfect way to express what happens when we refuse to deal with our grief.
Full review on my blog Bookish Brews
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