Maidensong Magica

ENEMIES TO...ROOMIES?Claire Ryland has just about figured this whole magical girl band thing out. The people of Portland really love Magica Riot, so much that they've been asked to play a concert at the biggest venue in town!But when not one but two villains decide to make their presence known, Claire, Sara, Cass, Hana, and Nova have to figure out a new approach to their magic and their music...with some help from unexpected friends!Magica Riot Full Bloom is the sequel to 2024's queer magical girl novel Magica Riot, and the next installment of the Maidensong Magica series. An action-filled musical adventure inspired by classic magical girl anime, tokusatsu shows, and the vibe of the American Pacific Northwest, Magica Riot Full Bloom expands on Claire's story of trans self-discovery and her LGBTQ+ found family while introducing new threats and challenges for the magical girls of Portland to deal with! A story of colorful adventure, eye-popping magic, and queer love, Magica Riot Full Bloom shows that being yourself gives you the power to help people and change the world. Magica Riot and the larger Maidensong Magica universe are the creation of author Kara Buchanan, a former city planning journalist and current musician turned fiction writer.After a dozen years writing about urban issues for various publications in her hometown, she moved to the Pacific Northwest and finally got to be her real self. Taking her love of magical girl anime, her life playing in bands, and her personal experiences dealing with gender issues, she created the Maidensong Magica setting to bring joyful, action-packed queer stories of self-discovery and adventure to the world.She lives in a modest house with a pretty garden, with her wife and three cats. For generations, Earth has been protected by a secret global organization of magical girls, working in the shadows to defend the innocent from supernatural threats. Now, those shadows are falling away, and magical girls are coming out, led by five queer girls from Portland, Oregon.This is a world of heroic girls, magical songs, and the power of empathy and kindness. The world of a band called Magica Riot, a world known as Maidensong Magica!

The last night of Claire Ryland's old life in the closet 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! The story of a young transgender woman who's discovering herself at the same time she's learning how to be a magical girl, Magica Riot is an action-filled musical adventure inspired by classic magical girl anime, tokusatsu shows, and the vibe of the American Pacific Northwest. Featuring a cast of LGBTQ+ magical girls, mysterious monsters, and villains that are more than they appear to be, Magica Riot shows that finding your true self is the first step toward saving the world. The debut work in the Maidensong Magica universe of magical girl stories!