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A complex fantasy with many stories woven together

Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin

November 17, 2024 by LB Leave a Comment

I was immediately drawn to Aunt Tigress by the cover, and the synopsis had me intrigued. Tam is a young woman living in Calgary where the magic from her tiger father is weak because it’s far from the forces she calls on for exorcisms and other magics, but she also knows to respect the magic of First Nations without trying to steal it. Or at least, that’s what her father tried to teach her before he died when she was 12, and her Aunt Tigress […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Calgary, Canada, Chinese, debut, Emily Yu-Xuan Qin, First Nations, lesbian, mystery, queer, sapphic, Siksika, tiger, Urban Fantasy

LB's CBR16 Review No:16 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery · Tags: Calgary, Canada, Chinese, debut, Emily Yu-Xuan Qin, First Nations, lesbian, mystery, queer, sapphic, Siksika, tiger, Urban Fantasy ·
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