Espiritu

This took me a long time to read because I began it right before leaving on vacation.  I only spent about 10 minutes a night on several nights because I was so tired from touristing during the day.  Despite indulging on rich food, I lost almost five pounds from all the walking.  Anyway, back to the book.  I was thrilled to see the new Cemetery Boys novel is almost out.  I wanted to read it NOW!  So, now that I have a login on Netgalley, I requested the ARC.  I loved the book, however, like the first, it took me awhile to get into it.  I was caught off-guard over Julian being the dominant narrator.  Along with the intermittent vacation reading, it took me half of the book to feel truly pulled in.  But when I finally did, I got back to feeling warm and embraced by community of brujx (brujo and bruja) in Latinx East LA.  It’s not a cozy story, but in the end, I didn’t want to leave the world created in that book.

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