Advance Praise for Lakelore:
"Lovely and deep, colorful and creeping, perfect magic." —E.K. Johnston, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka
Praise for The Mirror Season:
"A masterpiece intertwining painful teen realities involving injustices based on race, ethnicity, class, and gender with trauma and healing within loving, supportive families." —School Library Journal, starred review
"An empowering story of two survivors healing together... Their vulnerable, spellbinding story, colored with magic realism and achingly beautiful prose, is about healing after trauma, reclaiming your body and choices, and the empathetic understanding between survivors." —Booklist, starred review
"McLemore whips up a magical realist tale as spellbinding as the pan dulce creations described within this novel’s pages ... With haunting prose and sharp insight, McLemore expertly combines the piquant with the sweet." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The poetic and vulnerable prose illuminates the need for more open conversation about sexuality, consent, and abuse without the limits of the gender binary ... Piercing magic." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"An unforgettable story of trauma and healing, told in achingly beautiful prose with great tenderness and care." —Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying
"A powerful, harrowing, and important story about trauma, identity, taking back power and the redemptive nature of healing. These characters will stay with me forever. An absolute must read." —Aisha Saeed, New York Times-bestselling author of Amal Unbound and Yes No Maybe So
Praise for Dark and Deepest Red:
"McLemore weaves another magic spell ... This novel will leave an indelible mark on readers' hearts." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"McLemore fashions another gorgeous novel ... McLemore’s well-choreographed story will dance on in readers’ minds." —Booklist, starred review
“One of the most beautiful books I’ve read in years. McLemore is a master." —Susan Dennard, New York Times–bestselling author of the Witchlands series
"Any fan of McLemore’s body of work, Bone Gap by Laura Ruby, or Malinda Lo’s fantasy will revel in this novel. A magical and lovely first purchase for all YA shelves." —School Library Journal, starred review
"McLemore is at their finest ... They write open-heartedly about families found and families given, the weight of expectation and the price of duty, and in the end offers up something that's vibrant, wondrously strange, and filled to the brim with love of all kinds." —Booklist, starred review
"McLemore weaves in powerful themes of identity, family, and first love, but there are also much-needed messages about overcoming hurtful stereotypes and expectations. McLemore's poignant retelling is a must-read for fans of fantasy and fairy tales." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Praise for Wild Beauty:
"No one does magical realism quite like McLemore ... Sheer magic: fierce, bright, and blazing with possibility." —Booklist, starred review
"McLemore weaves an intricate tale of family, love, loss, and flowers." —School Library Journal, starred review
Praise for When the Moon Was Ours:
A National Book Award in Young People's Literature Longlist Selection
A 2017 Stonewall Honor Book
A James Tiptree Jr. Award Winner
“McLemore’s second novel is such a lush surprising fable, you half expect birds to fly out of the pages … McLemore uses the supernatural to remind us that the body’s need to speak its truth is primal and profound.” —Jeff Giles, New York Times Book Review
"Lushly written and surprisingly suspenseful, this magical tale is not just a love story, but a story of the secrets we keep and the lies we tell, and the courage it takes to reveal our authentic selves to each other and to the world." —Laura Ruby, Printz Award-winning author of Bone Gap
"McLemore mesmerizes once again with a lush narrative set at the thresholds of identity, family, and devotion ... Readers will be ensnared in this ethereal narrative long before they even realize the net has been cast." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"With luminous prose infused with Latino folklore and magical realism, this mixes fairy-tale ingredients with the elegance of a love story, with all of it rooted in a deeply real sense of humanity. Lovely, necessary, and true." —Booklist, starred review
Praise for The Weight of Feathers:
A 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist
"Scales and feathers touch and burn in McLemore’s stunning debut. The beauty of the language wraps around you, not letting go until long after the final page." —Jaleigh Johnson, New York Times-bestselling author of The Mark of the Dragonfly and Secrets of Solace
"Ethereal and beguiling ... The enchanting setup and the forbidden romance that blooms between these two outcasts will quickly draw readers in, along with the steady unspooling of the families’ history and mutual suspicions in this promising first novel." —Publishers Weekly
"Readers beguiled by the languorous language...will find themselves falling under its spell ... A contemporary, magical take on an ever compelling theme." —Kirkus Reviews
