I completely gobbled this book up. The writing was beautiful and dreamy, and I felt as swept up in this novel just as the I was the first time I saw West Side Story. I also loved how peppered the book was with French and Spanish, and a part of me wish not everything was translated so that the onus would be on the reader to discover what was being said. My main concern was that I wished the book was longer. I wanted just a little bit more from the romance before the final act kicked into action, and I would have loved more of the magic in this book. However, the mysteriousness of the magic certainly added to the dreamy quality.

This was a really strong debut, so now I'm ready to read a lot more of McLemore.