blanca and roja review

( Log Out / Anna-Marie McLemore is one of my new favorites. Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2018. Review: “Blanca and Roja” by Anna-Marie McLemore.

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Bookstore Anna-Marie McLemore is one of my new favorites. Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2018. There was so much that I learned from it and so much that I liked about it. Digital

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019. With each novel she has written, I have fallen even more in love, not with just her words but with her ability to weave together stories where sadness and hope, magic and reality meet as though they were two sides of the same coin. Unfortunately, the things that I didn't like were things that I abhorred. This is for you. Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019. Their families made a pact or maybe they were cursed by the swans a long time ago, what happened really, now it has been lost.

It will immerse you in a fall wonderland filled with quirky and complex characters that you’ll never want to leave. This allowed McLemore to tell this story from multiple angles while keeping my attention because each chapter changed the narrator between four characters. Anna-Marie McLemore weaves a world you can’t help but get swept away in. It's a long tradition, a pain their family carries. Blanca is pale and graceful while Roja is dark and angry. And all four of their lives become intertwined with the swans spell. Contact Customer Support for questions on your products, coaching, or events…. McLemore’s fans will be delighted to dive back into her lush, poetic prose and revel in the nuanced composition of her characters and their relationships as they learn to navigate a world in which they must constantly overcome stifling expectations and damaging stereotypes in order to protect their identities and their hearts. The biggest lie of all is the story you think you already know. I know that’s a mouthful, but I have to mention the magical realism aspect because it’s what tends to turn off some readers because they can be frustratingly vague with the “rules” of magic. If magical realism is not your thing, just stop now while you ahead because this book, like many others in that category, will frustrate you.

Yearling was probably my favorite character and his story broke my heart. (And what is this bear doing here?). Contact Us

Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. October 15, 2018 October 11, 2018 ~ Alex Brown. This is their story about their sisterly bond, their magical land that they live upon, and the bonds they share with two magical boys who run into their lives. 0 Comment Despite being polar opposites—Blanca is fair-skinned, blond and graceful while Roja is dark-skinned and a little wild—the del Cisne sisters are so close they might as well be one person. Overview Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2018, Content Warnings: Violence/physical abuse, colorism (challenged), detailed talk of menstrual cramps.

This may be a book that I have to go back to and read later in life, after some serious consideration and growth on my end.

• McLemore's writing just gets richer and more complex with every book she releases. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Blanca & Roja is the captivating story of sisters, friendship, love, hatred, and the price we pay to protect our hearts.

Advertise Blanca & Roja alternates between four different perspectives: the del Cisne sisters and the two boys whose stories collide with theirs. In Blanca & Roja, a novel inspired by the fairy tale Snow-White and Rose-Red, two sisters have grown up knowing that a bargain made by their ancestor means one day the los cisnes, the swans, will come to claim one of them as their own, as they have done with each generation of their family. This page works best with JavaScript. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Peel back the familiar fairy tale aspects and underneath there is a moving tale of stereotypes, expectations and Fox and Wit Reading Challenge – A book about siblings, 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge – a book about family, Whatsoever a man thinketh,that he will doeth, Book reviews, news and whatever else pops into this crazy mind of mine :).

It was also a fairy tale retelling, taking the basic premises of Snow White and Rose Red and Swan Lake and creating a beautifully written tale set in the real world with some bits of magic and weirdness. Who would become a swan?

While this isn’t my absolute favorite McLemore novel because I wish I felt more connected to Blanca and Roja, I did enjoy it immensely. If you are looking for an atmospheric, magical, eery, and diverse fantasy novel, Blanca y Roja is the novel for you. There was so much that I learned from it and so much that I liked about it. But what their families know is that the swans will come and they will take one of the sisters away; one will become a swan, never to return, and one will stay behind. By Carolina November 19, 2018 No Comments. Both of these sisters live in a family cursed by these swans who will eventually come to claim one of the girls when they turn fifteen. This book book is told in 4 alternating points of view – Blanca, Roja, Page, and Yearling. I finished this audiobook 4 days into 2019 and a 5 star read! The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they’re also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. With each novel she has written, I have fallen even more in love, not with just her words but with her ability to weave together stories where sadness and hope, magic and reality meet as though they were two sides of the same coin. Blanca, with her fair-skin and blondish hair, is the good sister, loved by all the señoras. Blanca and Roja was a beautiful YA magical realism fairy tale retelling. But 2 local boys are drawn into their world. But the swans are not to be cheated and when two boys disappear into the woods, they are inexplicable lured into a story that could break both them and the de Cisne sisters.

My Review. The representation in this story blew me away. A beautiful, magical, book. The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they’re also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative.

McLemore’s writing in this is objectively beautiful. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.

Things, however, get complicated when two boys get intertwined in this dangerous game. This is as gorgeous, moving, and clear-sighted a novel as one could hope to read at any age. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2019, This book took me a lonnnnnnnng time to read/listen to, both because I wanted to savor McLemore's utterly stunning prose, as always, and because I remembered just how much I sobbed during WHEN THE MOON WAS OURS and so had to be careful about getting too into it on a long car ride LOL, Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2019. Note: I read for, and rate, based on enjoyment.

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All four of the main characters was multi-layered and unique. This is as gorgeous, moving, and clear-sighted a novel as one could hope to read at any age. Blanca & Roja is the captivating story of sisters, friendship, love, hatred, and the price we pay to protect our hearts. The magical elements of this were beautiful.

Title: Blanca & Roja The perfect story of family and love spun with words and magic, Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2018. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.

Individual The story was beautifully written, it’s just that all of the point of views melded together a bit. I know that’s a mouthful, but I have to mention the magical realism aspect because it’s what tends to turn off some readers because they can be frustratingly vague with the “rules” of magic.