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nicolaparty's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Deadnaming, Self harm, Cultural appropriation, and Cursing
laurenfro22's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
AMAZING
Absolutely one of the best YA books Iโve read. The representation, in a multitude of ways, made the book so good. Beautiful writing and absolutely vivid storytelling combine to create a gorgeous story I gobbled up in a few hours. Will definitely be rereading many times.
Absolutely one of the best YA books Iโve read. The representation, in a multitude of ways, made the book so good. Beautiful writing and absolutely vivid storytelling combine to create a gorgeous story I gobbled up in a few hours. Will definitely be rereading many times.
Content Warnings
Minor: Car accident, Transphobia, Murder, Grief, and Bullying
syllareads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
It is indeed very fitting that I should read this book on the second day of Pride Month! <3
Cemetery Boys is a fun, whimsical and still heartfelt story about a trans boy, Yadriel, who feels the need to prove to his family that he is, in fact, a brujo (and not a bruja like a big part of his family insists he has to be) - and his grand plan for this: Summon the ghost of a newly deceased brujo, show him off to the family, ???, success.
Only: He does not summon his cousin Miguel, but rather Julian, local troublemaker bad boy who hadn't even known (up until this point) that he was supposed to be dead! And when Yadriel tries to release him, Julian insists on staying, stubborn to a fault, so he can protect his found family and see to it that things are in order (and also, who wouldn't want to stay in this world, just a bit longer?). And so, Yadriel lets himself get pulled into an adventure he hadn't seen coming...
I really, really enjoyed this book! The writing is funny, the characters are beautiful and I would die for all of them, and the author, Aiden Thomas, manages to both convey humor in his writing AND show just how much Yadriel struggles with his family (but not his own identity), how their slipups hurt him and yet how much he does not allow himself to be angry for this because he unconsciously centers everyone else first but himself. It's a beautiful story about a boy finding his place in the world and with people who love him - not just precisely because he didn't know where he wanted to stand, but because others had to realize that his, Yadriel's, place in the world was exactly here: as a brujo of his family clan, side by side with the other men.
The found family in this one made me cry a tiny bit, I will admit to that.
The twist at the end worked very well and was nicely put into the narrative basically from the start, even tho it was thus a tiny bit TOO predictable. Nonetheless, I highly recommend this book, especially if you are, like me, queer, and would like, like me, see queer characters doing queer and entirely whimsical, magical things.
Cemetery Boys is a fun, whimsical and still heartfelt story about a trans boy, Yadriel, who feels the need to prove to his family that he is, in fact, a brujo (and not a bruja like a big part of his family insists he has to be) - and his grand plan for this: Summon the ghost of a newly deceased brujo, show him off to the family, ???, success.
Only: He does not summon his cousin Miguel, but rather Julian, local troublemaker bad boy who hadn't even known (up until this point) that he was supposed to be dead! And when Yadriel tries to release him, Julian insists on staying, stubborn to a fault, so he can protect his found family and see to it that things are in order (and also, who wouldn't want to stay in this world, just a bit longer?). And so, Yadriel lets himself get pulled into an adventure he hadn't seen coming...
I really, really enjoyed this book! The writing is funny, the characters are beautiful and I would die for all of them, and the author, Aiden Thomas, manages to both convey humor in his writing AND show just how much Yadriel struggles with his family (but not his own identity), how their slipups hurt him and yet how much he does not allow himself to be angry for this because he unconsciously centers everyone else first but himself. It's a beautiful story about a boy finding his place in the world and with people who love him - not just precisely because he didn't know where he wanted to stand, but because others had to realize that his, Yadriel's, place in the world was exactly here: as a brujo of his family clan, side by side with the other men.
The found family in this one made me cry a tiny bit, I will admit to that.
The twist at the end worked very well and was nicely put into the narrative basically from the start, even tho it was thus a tiny bit TOO predictable. Nonetheless, I highly recommend this book, especially if you are, like me, queer, and would like, like me, see queer characters doing queer and entirely whimsical, magical things.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Transphobia
water_violin's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Death, Murder, Racism, and Transphobia
Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, and Xenophobia
pastelkerstin's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
On the other hand I love these characters and they have all my uwus, so. 4 stars. A good time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Self harm
Fire, misgendering, gender dysphoria, mentions of deportation, mentions of gang violence, racist discrimination by policefommo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Murder and Transphobia
Minor: Bullying and Child death
whatellisreadnext's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 4โญ
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด.
When Yadriel's traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, he is determined to prove himself a real Brujo. With the help of his cousin Maritza, he performs the quinces ritual himself. All is going well, until he tries find the ghost of his murdered cousin Miguel, but he ends up summoning someone else entirely.
This book well and truly filled my heart to the brim. It was so important, and funny and wholesome. Who'd have thought I'd enjoy romance so much? Turns out if the love interest is a sarcastic ghost, I'm totally down ๐คฃ
Aiden Thomas writes such realistic characters and beautifully vivid settings. I truly felt for Yadriel, and wanted more than anything for him to prove his family wrong. The Trans and Latinx representation in this one is amazing. I loved that Julian accepted Yadriel for who he was, no questions asked.
Cemetery Boys is very YA, and this is the only reason it ended up being a 4 star read over a 5, but I still can't recommend it enough. If I had to define this one, it would be a supernatural romantic mystery, that is super high stakes towards the end, with a conclusion that will have you smiling from ear to ear ๐งก
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด.
When Yadriel's traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, he is determined to prove himself a real Brujo. With the help of his cousin Maritza, he performs the quinces ritual himself. All is going well, until he tries find the ghost of his murdered cousin Miguel, but he ends up summoning someone else entirely.
This book well and truly filled my heart to the brim. It was so important, and funny and wholesome. Who'd have thought I'd enjoy romance so much? Turns out if the love interest is a sarcastic ghost, I'm totally down ๐คฃ
Aiden Thomas writes such realistic characters and beautifully vivid settings. I truly felt for Yadriel, and wanted more than anything for him to prove his family wrong. The Trans and Latinx representation in this one is amazing. I loved that Julian accepted Yadriel for who he was, no questions asked.
Cemetery Boys is very YA, and this is the only reason it ended up being a 4 star read over a 5, but I still can't recommend it enough. If I had to define this one, it would be a supernatural romantic mystery, that is super high stakes towards the end, with a conclusion that will have you smiling from ear to ear ๐งก
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Deadnaming, Death of parent, Grief, and Transphobia
Minor: Bullying and Death
ismendes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia, Blood, Animal death, Xenophobia, and Bullying
lavagirl's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia, Death, and Blood
Minor: Child abuse and Bullying
skudiklier's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
I loved this book so much! It's so charming and entertaining, and I absolutely fell in love with the characters. This book balances so many things so well, and I'm very glad I got to read it. I hope there's a sequel soon! (Note: I'm only saying that because the author said he might write more; the ending is entirely complete and satisfactory.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Grief, Death, Deadnaming, Cursing, Child death, and Bullying
Moderate: Drug use, Medical content, Suicide, and Vomit
Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty