Magical Realism Story

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I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed a story that left me thinking “what is happening” at almost every stage. I could have used more world building, but part of that is that I loved this world. Magic sneaks in to this historical fiction about early days of Hollywood, but it felt seamless and just worked. The main character was hard to like, but I think that is part of what made her such a great main character. She was fierce and cold and dedicated to her dreams to be a movie star despite the fact she was Chinese and not the typical blonde beauty of the screen. Despite this being her dream there was a lot of danger to being in the movies and the cameras in this world seemed capable of taking a lot more than one would be willing to give up. I did love the diverse representation not just culturally but with queer characters. This is the first book by this author I have read, but I will definitely be looking into reading their previous work!