Language: R (15 swears, 20 'F'); Mature Content: R (sex, drug use) Violence: PG-13 (blood sucking, attempted suicide/murder)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate from high school. Instead of a care-free year, she feels dragged down by her responsibilities of taking care of her aging grandmother, working a part-time job, and keeping a terrible secret that isolates her from friends and even family. A childhood friend, Nessa, comes back into town and Mags suddenly wants so much more than her isolated existence.
Mags and Nessa are convincing as childhood friends who want to take their relationship to the next level. Mag's dark secret is intriguing and challenges that relationship even though her secret is bizarre. I wasn't a fan of casual sex as a way of self punishment, but it is a fast read. Mags is Hispanic and androgynous. Nessa's ethnicity is unclear, but they identify as she/her.
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