Thank you to Pride Book Tours for providing me with a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
SPOILER WARNING: This review may contain spoilers!
| Format | ARC, eBook, Kindle |
| Pages | 114 pages |
| Published | April 26, 2022 by Finch Books |
| Genre | LGBTQIA+, Middle Grade/Young Adult, Paranormal |
| Book Series | Ambrosia Hill #1 |
| Content Warning | Divorce of parents, homophobia, bullying |
She was sent away because of her feelings for another girl. But what she discovered at her aunts’ lake house was a birthright of magic.
Thirteen-year-old Zinnia is about to turn fourteen when her life is flipped upside down. With her parents on the brink of a divorce, Zinnia is sent to spend the summer with her eccentric great-aunts at their lake house away from her home in Manhattan. Zinnia arrives at her aunts’ massive Victorian house with a heavy heart after a recent falling out with her best friend Charlotte, who betrayed her trust by showing the meanest and most popular girl in school a letter Zinnia wrote confessing her feelings for Charlotte. The aunts rely on practical magic, acceptance and old family friends to help heal their great-niece in more ways than one.
What Zinnia discovers on Ambrosia Hill is more than just her birthright to magic—she meets Billie, a girl who conjures feelings inside Zinnia that she can no longer deny.
Reader advisory: This book contains scenes of homophobia and mild peril.
“Fairy tales screw kids up. It wasn’t who I wanted to rescue me that was the issue— it was the fact I thought I needed to be rescued by anyone.”
Another surprising book! I was a little sceptical going into this because I wasn’t getting any particular vibes from the cover, other than the colour.
I found Zinnia to be quite refreshing for a thirteen-going-on-fourteen-year-old; I have rarely met anyone at that age who had a sense of who they wanted to be. She also shows an amazing amount of wisdom and level-headedness even though she is trying to deal with her parents being on the brink of divorce, middle school humiliation, homophobia and betrayal.
This book is a perfect start to a series and I cannot wait for more. I highly recommend this if you love:
- Sabrina the teenage witch vibes
- hilarious banter
- a fun and light read
- heartfelt character development
- positive exploration of Queer themes
- coming of age
- young sapphic romance
There is still so much more to discover about this world so read for yourself.
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Happy reading!
Mr Pink Ink 