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Unfortunately, This One Was a Miss for Me

You Must Not Miss by Katrina Leno

July 29, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Youths! I was intrigued by MrsLangdonAlger’s review of this, but despite her warning of how it was hard to describe and defied expectations, the novel description on Amazon made me expect a certain narrative flow, and as a result, something about the ending didn’t quite work for me. It starts off so great! Magpie or Mags or Margaret, depending on who she is interacting with, is a sophomore in high school and close to failing.  Her family life has collapsed in the last […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11bingo, high school politics, Katrina Leno, magical doorways, you must not miss, Youths!

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:7 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11bingo, high school politics, Katrina Leno, magical doorways, you must not miss, Youths! ·
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Shirley Jackson-esque is One of the Highest Compliments I Can Give

You Must Not Miss by Katrina Leno

June 21, 2019 by MrsLangdonAlger 1 Comment

I wasn’t sure what to expect going into You Must Not Miss. I knew I loved the title. I knew it was about a disturbed teenager retreating into fantasy, struggling with bullying, and being tempted by revenge. But I had no idea what the tone would be or what would happen next. Which is another high compliment, because I often find teenage protagonists in fiction far too predictable. What I got was a very Shirley Jackson-esque tone. I described this to my fiance as “if […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Katrina Leno

MrsLangdonAlger's CBR11 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Katrina Leno ·
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