Who Needs a Beer When You Have MJ Lenderman?
The liberating intoxication of “Manning Fireworks” and every other creation Jake Lenderman seems to put his hands on.
“Rowell loves her characters, and they drive the narrative instead of being dragged along by it. Because of this attention to character, to their personal traumas and explorations of identity, she’s created a truly subversive version of the “Chosen One” literary trope […] A goofy, subversive, and fantastical treat.”