What I'd like to focus on here is (at least in my opinion) the impressively dynamic pacing of The Water Dancer especially compared to the traditional pacing of most historical fiction novels.
Read MoreOne of my favorites of 2019, set in rural East Tennessee, Quiver is a young adult, coming-of-age tale of friendship from opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Read MoreMermaids beach themselves. Crocodile doctors take advantage. Statues cover up murders. Femmes dance through the frame as Witches, Goats, Skeletons, Goddesses of War. And cakes save the world. All of this surrounds our imaginative, Kung-fu fighting hero— Kai Cheng Thom— a “Dangerous Femme”.
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