This book was like a lullaby. It's one of those that you read for hours without realizing, because you become so enveloped in the characters and the storyline.

The one comparison that came to mind repeatedly as I read The Blue Moth Motel by Olivia Robinson was how it reminded me of Miriam Toews [...] Robinson brings together all of the conflicting character emotions and layered relationships into a loving, gentle, compassionate novel.

The Blue Moth Motel is a transformative coming-of-age story that shows the power of time in shifting perspective. The characters, descriptions, poignant imagery, and exosphere of the Blue Moth Motel will stay with you after you close the back cover and tuck it into the bookshelf.

"Robinson also has a great talent for descriptive writing. There were many points throughout this book where I said 'wow' out loud in reaction to a phrase or piece of imagery she used. If you're interested in books with compelling narratives about family, love, and self with a heavy focus on female characters, then I cannot recommend The Blue Moth Motel enough."

Olivia Robinson's The Blue Moth Motel is luminous, shot through with unexpected, transformative beauty. Here is a queer love story alive with intensity. A brilliant new portrait of family, of sisters, of lovers, of mothers. A remarkable novel about voice, and Robinson's voice is so strong, so true, sparkling like crystal, as bright as bright can be--she shows how talent can be harrowing, and how it can make us whole. This book is magical.

Olivia Robinson furnishes The Blue Moth Motel with beautiful, evocative details that stun with their ability to pull a reader backward, like an incantation, conjuring again the fleeting and tender magic of childhood. This is a book to be savoured.