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[fairycosmos]

the rachel incident by caroline o'donoghue

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[thereadingchallengechallenge]

If you liked the All Our Hidden Gifts trilogy by Caroline O’Donoghue, try The Scapegracers series by HA Clarke

They both include:

covens of teenage witches, some of whom are queer

said covens using their magic to take down the patriarchy

quirky little shops where they get help with their magic

#all our hidden gifts #caroline o'donoghue #the scapegracers #ha clarke #booklr #bookblr #book recs #book recommendations #lgbt books #trans authors #trcc original

[just0nemorepage]

All Our Hidden Gifts || Caroline O'Donoghue || All Our Hidden Gifts #1 || 384 pages Top 3 Genres: Fantasy / Young Adult / LGBTQIA+

Synopsis: After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s ex–best friend, Lily, draws an unsettling card called The Housekeeper that Maeve has never seen before, the session devolves into a heated argument that ends with Maeve wishing aloud that Lily would disappear. When Lily isn’t at school the next Monday, Maeve learns her ex-friend has vanished without a trace.

Shunned by her classmates and struggling to preserve a fledgling romance with Lily’s gender-fluid sibling, Roe, Maeve must dig deep into her connection with the cards to search for clues the police cannot find—even if they lead to the terrifying Housekeeper herself. Set in an Irish town where the church’s tight hold has loosened and new freedoms are trying to take root, this sharply contemporary story is witty, gripping, and tinged with mysticism.

Publication Date: June 2021. / Average Rating: 3.96. / Number of Ratings: ~12,560.

#tbr tuesday #I haven't read this yet! #all our hidden gifts #caroline o'donoghue #no. 1 #300-399 pages #fantasy #young adult #lgbtqia #jomp original

[boooklover]

“Je ne regrette rien," she says softly. "I regret nothing. It's a stupid phrase." "It is?" "If you're an even remotely empathetic or flawed person, you should feel regret. If you behave badly, you should look at it, and learn from it, and go on to treat people better.”

Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts

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[remarkablebookbean]

Dam Roe O’Callahan is attractive af

#all our hidden gifts #roe o’callahan #I read the first book and his line about Gucci or Prada is what sent me on his character #caroline o'donoghue

[skyler-reads28]

On Wednesdays we *read* pink 💖

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett - 5/5 ⭐️

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell - TBR

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas - 5/5 ⭐️

All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue - 3/5 ⭐️

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi - TBR

QOTD: What’s your first read of August?

AOTD: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins 🔥

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[olixverse]

all our hidden gifts fandom??? i need someone to suffer from gender envy from roe o'callaghan with me xo

#all our hidden gifts #caroline o'donoghue #ireland #witchcraft #reading #SoundCloud

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Every Gift a Curse | Author: Caroline O'Donoghue | Publisher: Walker Books (2023)

#books #Every Gift a Curse #Caroline O'Donoghue

[walkerbooksya]

The Housekeeper has been summoned...

...and now you can find out why! This absolute corker is out today. A stunning series finale from the brilliant Caroline O'Donoghue!

#Caroline O'Donoghue #Every Gift a Curse #All Our Hidden Gifts #The Gifts That Bind Us #YA #YA Books #Walker Books

[quoteablebooks]

Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal

Rating: 5 out of 5

Content Warning: Homophobia, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Racism, Self harm

Summary:

Maeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of the school, until a classmate draws a chilling and unfamiliar card—and then disappears.

After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s ex–best friend, Lily, draws an unsettling card called The Housekeeper that Maeve has never seen before, the session devolves into a heated argument that ends with Maeve wishing aloud that Lily would disappear. When Lily isn’t at school the next Monday, Maeve learns her ex-friend has vanished without a trace.

Shunned by her classmates and struggling to preserve a fledgling romance with Lily’s gender-fluid sibling, Roe, Maeve must dig deep into her connection with the cards to search for clues the police cannot find—even if they lead to the terrifying Housekeeper herself. Set in an Irish town where the church’s tight hold has loosened and new freedoms are trying to take root, this sharply contemporary story is witty, gripping, and tinged with mysticism.

*Opinions*

In case you don’t want to read this whole review, let me give you a tl;dr version. I loved this book as an adult, but it would have been my whole personality if I had read it as a teenager. 

Still here? All Our Hidden Gifts is a YA novel that follows Maeve Chambers as she discovers a deck of tarot cards in the dusky basement of her all-girls school and finds reading them comes naturally to her. However, as her popularity rises with her readings, it sends her on a collision course with her former best friend Lily. After a disastrous reading, Lily goes missing and Maeve starts to believe that maybe there is more to her natural ability to read the card than coincidence. As she joins up with aspiring actress Fiona and Lily’s older sibling Roe to figure out what happened to Lily, they discover that much darker and more powerful forces are working in the city of Kilbeg, Ireland.

Everything about this story is such a “me” book that I am surprised that I hadn’t heard about it before randomly finding it at a bookstore. There is witchcraft, tarot cards, interpersonal relationship drama, an urban fantasy that interacts with real-world issues, and a flawed main character who is trying her best. I can’t think of anything about this book that I would gripe about, though if you are more of a plot-driven reader, this could be seen as dragging in places. As I am more of a character-driven reader I was pulled into Maeve’s story and how she interacted with those around her. At times I wanted to shake her and other times give her a hug, but that’s what it is like being a teenager. 

I was so uncool that it never occurred to me that I might be able to climb the social ladder in middle and high school. That being said, I luckily played an instrument and therefore had a built-in group of kids that I at least had something in common with and did well in terms of academics. However, with my anxiety, I could see myself being like Maeve, desperate to fit in and have friends, even if it meant hurting someone else if I had an ounce of self-confidence. Who knew that low self-esteem had some perks? There is something so relatable about Maeve and her outbursts in an attempt to deflect from her fears and insecurities. While Maeve does not always make the best decisions, we have all been in a place where we have made them before. She is one of my favorite heroines. 

While this is a YA novel, it deals with heavy topics of homophobia, the rise of the far right, and gender identity. I feel that O'Donoghue carefully crafts the story so that these topics are handled in a serious way, but without taking on a lecturing tone. I really liked that none of these issues are magically fixed by the end of the novel, in fact, it is a rather ambiguous ending, but this is also the first book in a series. I appreciate an urban fantasy, especially a low-magic one, that makes a point to show that magic isn’t going to fix everything because some people are just horrible. I think that Roe’s whole character was beautifully handled and also that Maeve’s attraction to him doesn’t change or is even questioned as his gender expression changes. 

O’Donoghue also writes Maeve and Roe’s relationship in a way that made me kick my feet at times but never shies away from all the complications of Roe being Lily’s sibling. Roe is so kind and patient with Maeve but has no problem taking her to task when she needs to be checked. While everything is new, I can see them becoming a favorite couple if they stay together throughout the series. I also really liked Maeve and Fiona’s friendship and the awkward moments but also the genuine understanding they have for one another as well. When she is so jealous of Fiona at times reminded me of cringey memories from my own teenage years. 

Overall, I just really loved this book. I wanted to keep reading and see what was going to happen. The characters are lovable and the story is compelling. I have the next two in my shopping cart for when I need a little treat and decide to buy myself books. 5 out of 5

#All Our Hidden Gifts #The Gifts Series #5 out of 5 stars #caroline o'donoghue #booklr #book review

[fairycosmos]

the rachel incident by caroline o'donoghue

#the rachel incident #caroline o'donoghue #books

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

JOMP BPC - April 13th - Favourite Place to Read

I love reading in my rocking chair, in the warm sun by the garden 💛

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[bythebooksblog]

The Rachel Incident Caroline O'Donoghue

Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it's love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon invites Rachel to be his roommate and the two begin a friendship that changes the course of both their lives forever. Together, they run riot through the streets of Cork city, trying to maintain a bohemian existence while the threat of the financial crash looms before them.

#bookblr #books #bibliophile #reading #author #fiction #literature #quotes #book quotes #The Rachel Incident #Caroline O'Donoghue #irish author #female author

[boooklover]

“I think . . . when you’re looking for things that are out of place,” she says softly, “you see all the things that already are.”

Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts

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[noleavestoblow]

“I was twenty and I needed two things: to be in love and to be taken seriously.”

― Caroline O'Donoghue

#Caroline O'Donoghue #reading #literature #quote #random beautiful stuff that i read #stumbling on random beautiful quotes #random quotes

[ninasbookshelf]

recent library pickup! i read the first book in this series a year or two ago and really enjoyed it

#booklr #bibliophile #books and literature #currently reading #library #caroline o'donoghue #the gifts that bind us