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No Wings Needed, but Maybe a Better Editor?

We Need No Wings by Ann Dávila Cardinal

October 1, 2025 by Tracy Leave a Comment

cbr17bingo – Rec’d (found on a list of book suggestions for National Hispanic Heritage Month) I’m going to let the first line of the book do some heavy lifting here: “The first time Tere Sánchez levitated, she was in the garden.” Tere is a 60-year-old widow who has been grieving her husband’s death for the past year while taking a leave from her work as a professor. Understandably, the levitation freaks her out. She recalls that her family is distantly related to Saint Teresa of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ann Davila Cardinal, cbr17bingo, litfic, magical realism

Tracy's CBR17 Review No:67 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ann Davila Cardinal, cbr17bingo, litfic, magical realism ·
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Breakup from Hell

“I love these people. They’re ridiculous and motley, but they’re mine.”

Breakup From Hell by Ann Davila Cardinal

January 9, 2023 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

After seeing that cover art, I couldn’t resist reading this book! And the book matches the cover. It’s a fun, somewhat irreverant story about a teen dating – and then breaking up from – the son of Satan. Mica and her abuela moved from Puerto Rico to Stowe after her mom died. With her acceptance letter to UCLA burning a hole in her pocket, she can’t wait to get out of Vermont and out from under Abuela’s thumb, even if it means leaving her best […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Ann Davila Cardinal, devil, Young Adult

llamareadsbooks's CBR15 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Ann Davila Cardinal, devil, Young Adult ·
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