CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian's Reviews > Greta & Valdin

What a showstopping debut!! I absolutely loved this story about two queer siblings and their eccentric Māori-Russian-Catalonian family. It’s a hard task to write a novel that makes you laugh out loud throughout but also makes you cry and also makes you think. Rebecca K. Reilly makes it look effortless.

I loved the characters fiercely and felt so moved by the book's insights into family, parenting, queerness, and cultural identity. The scope of this book is very global, with characters with roots all over the world, but it's also so specific to Aotearoa and these wonderful little weirdos. They will live on in my mind like real people for a long time. I've no doubt this will remain one of my favourite books of 2024!