It is a familiar enough metaphor for othering and prejudice, whether based on race, gender or sexuality, but handled well enough. The premise puts the novel into the fantasy realm: we are in an alternate Earth in which magical creatures exist alongside humans – subject to various registration rules and restrictions and viewed with a mixture of fear and suspicion and distrust.
This is a wonderful, warm optimistic book about the optimism and resilience of children, about found families, about love and about overcoming prejudice – with a deftness of touch that is gorgeous. You know what it is like where there is a book that you spot recurring on Twitter, Bookstagram, on Top Ten Tuesdays and which, when you pick it up, you feel distinctly “m’eh” about? Books you wonder what all the fuss about? You might not ever be able to change their minds, but so long as your remember you’re not alone, you will overcome.” “Hate is loud, but I think you’ll learn it’s because it’s only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard.
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