Alright folks! Another queer YA magical realism romance novel for y'all.
"Love & Other Curses" by Michael Thomas Ford. Holy freaking wow. This book was freaking fabulous.
This was a kind of book that just kind of spills inspiration everywhere. Not to mention all of the magic (because what good curse doesn't come with some great magical theory?).
["The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations—if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. Sam doesn’t plan to fall for anyone in the nine weeks before his birthday. He’ll spend his time working at the Eezy-Freeze with his dad; cooking up some midsummer magic with his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother (the Grands); and experimenting with drag with the help of the queens at the Shangri-La, the local gay club. But when a new guy comes to town, Sam finds himself in trouble when they strike up a friendship that might be way more than that.
As Sam’s birthday approaches and he still hasn’t quite fallen in love, the curse seems to get more powerful and less specific about who it targets. A mysterious girl Sam talks to on the phone late at night and a woman he’s only seen in a dream might have the answers he’s been looking for—but time is running out to save the people he cares about. "]
Trigger warnings: suicide, self-harm, transphobia, abusive relationships, drug over dose, death
Seriously! Go read this thing! I'm begging you.
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I love, love, love reading about love. That is what I do best. Reading and writing about people falling in love... Here I will post reviews on books about love, about romance, about LGBTQIA. Sometimes there will be full-length, publish-worthy reviews. Sometimes the posts will be slightly this side of a literary rant. If you have any recommendations for me, please, reach out. Bookstagram: _simplygraceless_
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