Love & Other Curses

by Michael Thomas Ford

[Leah]

This was a really interesting read - the representation was incredible, but I will say it was a bit transphobic, with Sam using incorrect pronouns numerous times which I could understand if he learned his lesson the first time, but it’s something he continued to do, which was disappointing. I hope this maybe gets fixed before the book comes out next year.

The magical aspect I loved, I loved Sam most of the time, but he could be fairly vicious and there was a particular exchange with Tom that left me reeling - they both were vicious.

I loved Sam’s dad, the Grands, Millard Fillmore, so there was a lot to like about this book but the transphobia lets it down so much.