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YA Magical Realism

The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton

I was so freaking excited about The Price Guide to the Occult. After all, I am literally a LESLYE WALTON MEGAFAN. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava [...]

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

WOW. This book destroyed me. Joining Leigh on her journey has been emotionally exhilirating and exhausting at times. It wore me down (in a GOOD way, mind you) [...]

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

"'This town was built on revenge,' I say. 'And it's never made anything better or right.'" Sparrow is cursed. Two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced [...]

By a Charm and a Curse by Jamie Questell

"The carnival is a sad and desolate place on a weekday morning. No matter how brightly painted the stalls and booths are, no matter how loud the music...it's [...]

The Hidden Memory of Objects by Danielle Mages Amato

What a surprising gem this book is! You think you’re getting one thing – a YA mystery with maybe a hint of the mystical - when really you are getting so [...]

The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu

The prose in this book is achingly beautiful. Seriously, if for no other reason than that, I think The Careful Undressing of Love is worth picking up. I was [...]

*Blog Tour* Freeks by Amanda Hocking

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I LOVE magical-realism and circus books - so it's no wonder that I was eager to pick up Amanda [...]

Two Summers by Aimee Friedman

Have you ever wondered how your life might have been different if only you’d fill-in-the-blank? I know I have, and that’s exactly what Aimee Friedman [...]

I Woke Up Dead at the Mall by Judy Sheehan

Synopsis: When Sarah wakes up  dead at the Mall of America, she learns that not only was she murdered,  her killer is still on the loose.   When [...]