Bruja Born (Brooklyn Brujas, #2)

by Zoraida Córdova

[justine_manzano]

I loved the first book in the Brooklyn Brujas series, and I found Lula and Rose interesting, but I didn't think Cordova could match Alex and her journey in her second book--I was wrong. In book 2, she follows Lula in an adventure that manages to be even more harrowing and damaging to the world at large than Alex's story was to her own family and another realm. Cordova creates consistently flawed and real characters in the Mortiz girls. Where Alex struggled with her identity as a bruja, Lula struggles with both the changes in her family and the uniquely painful challenge of losing a loved one, and in that, losing oneself. As we follow Lula as she confronts Lady de la Muerte, and works to correct a dangerous mistake, we learn that the first step in healing is learning to love yourself despite the ugly parts we wish to hide. Yet another wonderful adventure--I look forward to seeing where Rose leads us next.