“Magica Riot (Maidensong Magica No. 1)” by Kara Buchanan
Claire always wanted to be a girl. She never dreamed she’d be a magical girl.
The last night of Claire Ryland’s old life was pretty normal, aside from the alley fight with interdimensional monsters. Fortunately, the drummer of her favorite local band transformed into a magical girl and saved her.
Then Claire became a magical girl as well. Things got a little complicated after that.
Now Claire is juggling two new lives: living as a girl and as a member of Portland’s super-secret supernatural defense squad, the hard-rocking magical girls known as Magica Riot!
Review
Much more light hearted than my usual read but also a lot of fun to read. I really enjoyed all the characters, especially Claire and her coming out stories (as Trans and as a Superhero). It’s a very whimsical and joyful story with influences from Anime and Cartoon media though it also reminded me a lot of the original Power Rangers show which I used to watch. It would be interesting to see this book done as an Anime show. There are a couple plot points that might seem a bit overly light hearted with regard to events in the story but it made sense for the type of book that it was. Overall, I felt like it did exactly what it set to do – tell a light hearted fun story about being able to be who you are while saving the world. There’s a sequel in the works and I’m looking forward to it!
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Book Details
- Series Website
- Magica Riot
- Publisher / Date
- Storm Maiden, November 2024
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Page Count
- 227
- Completion Date
- August 2, 2025