Utterly brilliant. This is a book to be savoured in bits. I'm glad I had the chance to read this slowly, burning the beautiful lines in my mind. Anna-Marie McLemore is right up there among the writers who truly create art and movement out of their sentences. If you like Leigh Bardugo, Maggie Stiefvater or Laini Taylor, and you haven't read any books by Anna-Marie McLemore, I urge you to pick one up. You won't regret it.

He held a wet palm to her cheek. "I don't want you getting hurt.""Everybody gets hurt," she said. "You know that."this isn't the most "me" of all books, but i can definitely see its appeal for people who enjoyed books like Beautiful Creatures or The Night Circus or other stories featuring star-crossed lovers from feuding families with a fantasy/magical slant. i snagged this one from netgalley because i liked the cover, i'd been hearing good things about it, and i've had good luck with circussy b...

DNF @ page 100 The Weight of Distracting Purple Prose This book is nothing like The Night Circus!!! Stahp comparing it.So we have 2 warring family of traveling performers. One swims in fake fish tails and pretends to be mermaids, while the other wears wings and does some tightrope act. Here's the twist: the "mermaid" family actually has some scales on their skin and the other family has feathers growing out of theirs.There's supposedly some dark magic here but what it really just seems...

We are not small enough that you can pull us where you want us to go. I only have one word for you, Anna-Marie McLemore: THANKS. This novel is everything I've ever wanted in a book, and way more. Fantastic writing (that kinda reminded me of All the Crooked Saints by my goddess in leather bracelets Maggie Stiefvater...or is it the other way around?), beautiful and original magical realism and amazing characters. I'll forever cherish this tiny gem and keep it close to my heart for coming

WOW... A Fantastical Tale!!!!! Just yesterday, I was high as a kite reading "Haroun and the Sea of Stories", by Salman Rushdie...(a Children's magical fairy tale), andtoday, I'm swooning over "The Weight of Feathers, ( debut by Anna-Marie LeLemore). This novel has a tribal feeling such as in "The Round House", by Louise Erdrich, to me with and inventive cast of characters and scenes. It has a Romeo and Juliet feeling to it also by the fact that two teens fall in love - but their families hate ea...

4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.com/2016/01/09/y...Lately, most of my audio listens have been on the darker and heavier side, so when I was given the opportunity to review the audiobook of The Weight of Feathers, it didn’t take much convincing to give this lighter, more romantic title a try. Magical realism can be hit or miss with me, but even though I hesitated over some of the mixed reviews I’ve seen for this book, ultimately the theme of forbidden love won me over.With

Full review to come!This is my first finished book for #HispanicHeritageReads and it was a great start. I thought the right was constantly sweet and nice, if not always very sophisticated. The story was pretty simple, but I loved the underlying feeling that beneath this story of scales and wings and family feuds, there was subtle commentary about prejudice and the blindness of hate. I enjoyed it a lot and the highest compliment I can pay it is that I already miss the characters. I love Lace and

✔️ Book #6 for the Contemporary-A-Thon under the challenge, "read a diverse contemporary" "i think i enjoyed the concept of this book more than the actual book itselfthe characters are interesting and i love the diversity but my guys, the pacingggggitwassoslowand thats just rude, im trying to do a readathon here. okay but seriously, i adore the idea of enemies to lovers, especially when its done in the romeo/juliet format where the families hate each other bc then its enemies to lovers + FORB...

I have a feeling I'm gonna get trolled for giving this one two stars. I'm going to admit I am not cool enough for this book. Shut up little Emo boy. I'm the cool mom. I bribe my kids to say so.So you have Palomas and the Corbeaus families. They are both traveling performing families. They hate each other. I mean loathe each other. The Paloma's act is the women are the mermaids in the show and they best do their jobs or Abuela will get them. You just don't cross that woman. The Corbeaus...

more by anna-marie mclemore:♥ when the moon was ours5 Words to Describe The Weight of Feathers1.) Engaging (adj.): very attractive or pleasing in a way that holds your attention."One does not wed hens with foxes."You all know how much I hate flowery prose, but Anna-Marie McLemore made me fall in love with it. This book just had the perfect blend of easy-to-read and elegant writing. I mean, you could tell that the author writes some kick-ass prose that's still totally comprehensible and engaging....

I just don't have words for this book. It was perfection. Love love loved Lace and Cluck. They're so similar and so different and loyal to their families. I wanted to jump in the book and squeeze both of them. It's lyrical and whimsical and swoony and strange and sad and I loved every single page of it. **Huge thanks to Thomas Dunne Books and NetGalley for providing the arc in exchange for an honest review**

This book was OUTSTANDING!!I loved the writing, characters and the ending. No bad Romeo and Juliet juju here. I totally thought this book would not live up to the hype but I was WRONG. Excellent read!

Why her?Because it was hard to make her laugh, and harder to scare her. When I finish a magical realism book, I always feel as if I enjoyed it, but I can never quite articulate why. If I struggled to push through a book, can I even say I enjoyed it? I've had the same experience with books like Maggie Stiefvater's The Scorpio Races and Moira Fowley-Doyle's The Accident Season. and I think I've come to the conclusion that this genre requires a certain mood out of its readers. While you

3.5 stars. Review first posted on www.fantasyliterature.com:The Romeo and Juliet story is updated with a few twists in Anna-Marie McLemore’s debut young adult fantasy novel, The Weight of Feathers, published September 15, 2015. Two rival families travel between small towns in California in a nostalgic setting that seems to be approximately the 1960s, performing their Cirque du Soleil-type acts for the townspeople.The French Romani Corbeaus (“Ravens”) attach wings made of wire and feathers to the...

2.75⭐️I was initially sold on this when someone compared it to The Night Circus. It was nothing like the Night Circus. Aside from the fact that both are magical realism and involve a travelling circus crew, they couldn't be further apart. I'm having trouble understanding my own feelings on this book so I’ll try my best to come across… understandable. So, the story is about two rival families, the Palomas and the Corbeaus, who have been rivals and enemies locked in an escalating feud for over a g...

Buddy Read with the lovelies Scrill and AshlynnAHH! I loved it!! "He had taught her the language and the landscape, shown her this country’s trees, the secret thrill of almost falling." "The sense of falling did not touch her, not as long as her body was between the hands of this boy who felt steadier in the air than on the ground." We have all heard the story of Romeo and Juliette a thousand different ways, and we all fall in love just to have our hearts ripped out in the end. But what abou...

"The sense of falling did not touch her, not as long as her body was between the hands of this boy who felt steadier in the air than on the ground." Long before their fateful encounter, Lace Paloma and Luc Corbeau’s families have rivaled. With a history that involves death, these two families live and breathe hatred for each other. As traveling showman, both families couldn’t be more different; the Paloma’s performing with fins in the water and the Corbeau’s with wings on the backs up in the

4.2 starsAnna-Marie McLemore hasbewitched me 🖤

Very very cute. Just not...dazzling...in the way I wanted it to be. Don't get me wrong-it was beautiful. Just not for me. It wasn't a matter of the characters-because I adored them and was very invested and got lots of butterflies. It was the history. So. Much. History. And for someone who doesn't mind a little background information, this is perfect for you. The story was amazing. But, for me, when I'm as tired as I am, it took too much away from the romance I wanted to overtake the story.

i have no words. anna-marie mclemore has all the beautiful words. idk how to write reviews anymore. i just really really loved this! the atmosphere, the slow burn of it, it was just so good. it's a quiet book, it's not extremely plot driven (there is one but it's not what made me love this book), but the characters are interesting and every page reveals new layers of these characters to the reader in the lovliest way. i can't wait to read more from this author.4.5 stars