Book recommendation time!


Book recommendation time!
I recently went to a book signing event and one of the books I got was The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan, which came out only a week ago. I haven't had the chance to read it yet, but here's a quick synopsis if you're interested:

Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird.
Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life.
Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.

So...a cover that I could stare at for hours, a very compelling title/synopsis, and a half Asian main character? Definitely my cup of tea. Have any of you read this yet? Are you interested? Let me know below!

~Jamie the Demon-Hunting Clockwork Seeker
(Disclaimer: no, I didn't take this picture...I wish haha)

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