A review by lolajoan
Summer in the City of Roses by Michelle Ruiz Keil

5.0

Wonderful and charming and full of love and nostalgia and thoughtfulness. Lots of interesting literary references and punk rock references and theater references. It is a little bit uneven in places, with a few character developments seeming a little unearned, plus it starts out as magical realism and then veers into full urban fantasy at a certain point which is a bit jarring when it happens. But it's beautiful beautiful beautiful.