I think I& #39;ll feel better if I give away some books I love. So. Let& #39;s do it.
Believe it or not I have actually been able to get in SOME reading during this, the worst of times. And one book I absolutely couldn& #39;t stop reading, literally was up until 4 AM when my husband rolled over and muttered "go bed" is out today. THE FASCINATORS by @andrewasalways
where to begin - WHERE TO BEGIN.

set in a universe where magic is real, but not always trusted by everyone, it takes place in a small town in Georgia with a group of three friends who have always been everything to each other. But it is senior year and that& #39;s about to change.
everything is changing because, whether we like it or not, that& #39;s what life is: change. And that& #39;s very much what this book is about, the inexorable, scary movement of change. And how that change, those things you learn about yourself in that change, is always a little bit magic.
also: this book is gay. And filled with lots of gay longing. But not in a "woe is me, the suffering and pain of being a gay" kind of way. In an ethereal, lovely, almost ephemeral way. That is tied to magic. REAL, ACTUAL MAGIC. Gay longing, wishing, dreaming...and MAGIC. I mean
I absolutely loved THE FASCINATORS. I love that it& #39;s about things that don& #39;t work out. I love that it& #39;s about how real magic would have weight & consequence. I love that characters make bad decisions and then just have to live with them. I love that there are costs and losses.
And I especially love that the gay love story didn& #39;t go quite the way the narrator planned ... but that was still OK. Good. Sweet. Because there are moments that are real even if they& #39;re not everything. Brilliant, lovely, exactly what teens need to hear about life.
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