Bruja Born (Brooklyn Brujas, #2)

by Zoraida Córdova

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Before I give my thoughts, let's talk diversity. Most of the people in this story are POCs with Latin American descent, and you see a lot of latin american culture weaved with some fantastical elements and excellent storytelling.

This is the second book in the Brooklyn Brujas series, but instead of following Alex from the first book, we are in the head of her older sister Lula. Lula's also a bruja with healing abilities who went through something very traumatic in the first book and isn't handling it well. Not that I blame her.

Once again, I have to hand it to Ms. Córdova - she created very real characters here. Their personalities are well thought out and pieced together creating cohesively flawed complete individuals.

After all that happened to Lula in the first book, she's hoping to get back to a new normal and has even more heartbreak happen. It's enough to drive any young person to do what she did here, and I can't say that I don't see her logic. I was young once and would do almost anything to keep the love of my life back then.

It's understandable.

Again, I thought this had a wonderful story to it, that I don't want to go too into because I don't want to give anything away. But brujas aren't the only magical creature in this one!

If you haven't read this series yet, you should definitely get on the bandwagon. It's worth it!!