When the Moon Was Ours
2016 • 273 pages
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Average rating4.1
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Ratings7
Average rating4.1
As their deep friendship turns to love, Latina teenager Miel, who grows roses from her wrist, and Italian-Pakistani Samir, a transgender boy, fear their secrets will be exposed by the beautiful Bonner girls, four sisters rumored to be witches.
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Anna-Marie McLemore is, in their own words, an author of queer fairy tales. It sums up When The Moon Was Ours perfectly. It's gentle and melancholy and haunting and painted in a veil of gorgeous atmosphere.
I really liked this. I like that McLemore writes about trans characters. It's don't very respectfully and the world deserves more books like this.
A matter of personal taste: I am not a big fan of the fairy tale kind of magic (I never know whether to read all sorts of big messages from it, or just let it colour the atmosphere...). I think, in this book, the massive usage of nature imagery and colours etc. takes too much attention from the very likable characters of Sam and Miel.
But... personal matter... If you like the fairy tale style, and if you want to read books with queer MCs, I'd say McLemore is good place to start.
Will I read McLemore in the future? If the right time and the right mood came together, probably, yes.
3.5*
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