Xochi accepts a position as Pallas’s live-in governess and quickly finds her place in their household, which is relaxed and happy despite the band’s larger-than-life fame.But on the night of the Vernal Equinox, as a concert afterparty rages in the house below, Xochi and Pallas accidentally summon a pair of ancient creatures devoted to avenging the wrongs of Xochi’s adolescence. Then one day, she meets Pallas, a precocious twelve-year-old who lives with her rock-star family in one of the city’s storybook Victorians. and do better next time to select books that don’t present awful messages to young impressionable minds. Book: All of Us With Wings Author: Michelle Ruiz Keil Book Series: Standalone (thank god) Rating: 1/5 Diversity: Mexican-American main character Publication Date: June 18, 2019 Genre: YA Magical Realism Recommended Age: 18+ (drug use (heroin, cocaine, etc), sexual grooming, statutory rape and rape TW, underage relationship presented in a positive light (ew)) Publisher: Soho Press Pages: 360 Amazon Link Synopsis: Michelle Ruiz Keil’s YA fantasy debut about love, found family, and healing is an ode to post-punk San Francisco through the eyes of a Mexican-American girl.Seventeen-year-old Xochi is alone in San Francisco, running from her painful past: the mother who abandoned her, the man who betrayed her. Disclaimer: I bought this book but I regret it.
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