Miel and Sam have been best friends their entire lives. No matter that the town thinks they are strange, they have each other. But when the Bonner sisters, who everyone thinks are witches, turn their attention to Miel, she must figure out how to protect herself and Sam’s deepest secrets.
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Publisher’s Description
To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel’s wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town. But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel’s skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they’re willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.
Genre: Fantasy/Magical Realism
Representation:
Gender:
Cis girls: Miel
Trans boys: Sam
Sexual Orientation:
Miel is Queer. Sam is heterosexual
Romantic Orientation:
Romantic orientation is not addressed specifically.
Race/Ethnicity:
Latinx: Miel
Pakistani: Sam
Trigger Warnings:
Minor transphobia/transmisia.
Ownvoices: The author is Queer and Mexican-American.