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A review by kimberleylynn74
Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova
4.0
Audiobook.
The 3rd novel of the Brooklyn Brujas trilogy by Zoraida Córdova does not disappoint. Swept back into the Mortiz family, we enter the story at youngest-sister Rose's Death Day Ceremony, about which she has some mixed feelings - which is perhaps why she's hiding in the pantry trying to get a bit of space, peace, and quiet.
While this book has some characters-in-common - and mentions of characters from the previous books of the trilogy, such as Alex's girlfriend Rishii, Nova, and the supernatural hunters of book 2 - and there is some background continuation of the larger family situation, it centres on one of the Mortiz sisters and is very that-sister-specific: each has different powers, different personality traits, different challenges and experiences, both before we're immersed in their personal story and much much more as we get into each sister's chapter of the trilogy.
I am impressed at the ways that the author creates a new world and entirely new magical burdens, growth, and achievements for each of the Mortiz sisters. On her Death Day, after some family stress, Rose runs outside and is swept (with her father) through a portal to a land called Adas - a fairy realm hidden in the Caribbean Sea. She has been recruited by the King for her powers, because Adas is falling to a dark power that is taking over all that is good in the land.
Can Rose grow to understand her powers, and use them to help save Adas? What other secrets is her father hiding? Will the dark infestation of The Rot be too much for Rose and the other questers to conquer?
Hoping we get a book that centres on Nova, who leaves Rose's Death Day party and basically disappears to figure himself out, and I'd also like to know more about next steps for brujex Lin.
PS: Also, thank you for including a non-binary character as central to Rose's story, making them well-rounded and not relying on stereotypes. The term brujex (like Latinx or Mx as a non-gendered honorarium) is used without fanfare - it's just normal, and isn't that how we'd love to see 2SLGBTQIA+ folks integrated into stories more often? (Yes. Yes, it is.)
The 3rd novel of the Brooklyn Brujas trilogy by Zoraida Córdova does not disappoint. Swept back into the Mortiz family, we enter the story at youngest-sister Rose's Death Day Ceremony, about which she has some mixed feelings - which is perhaps why she's hiding in the pantry trying to get a bit of space, peace, and quiet.
While this book has some characters-in-common - and mentions of characters from the previous books of the trilogy, such as Alex's girlfriend Rishii, Nova, and the supernatural hunters of book 2 - and there is some background continuation of the larger family situation, it centres on one of the Mortiz sisters and is very that-sister-specific: each has different powers, different personality traits, different challenges and experiences, both before we're immersed in their personal story and much much more as we get into each sister's chapter of the trilogy.
I am impressed at the ways that the author creates a new world and entirely new magical burdens, growth, and achievements for each of the Mortiz sisters. On her Death Day, after some family stress, Rose runs outside and is swept (with her father) through a portal to a land called Adas - a fairy realm hidden in the Caribbean Sea. She has been recruited by the King for her powers, because Adas is falling to a dark power that is taking over all that is good in the land.
Can Rose grow to understand her powers, and use them to help save Adas? What other secrets is her father hiding? Will the dark infestation of The Rot be too much for Rose and the other questers to conquer?
Hoping we get a book that centres on Nova, who leaves Rose's Death Day party and basically disappears to figure himself out, and I'd also like to know more about next steps for brujex Lin.
PS: Also, thank you for including a non-binary character as central to Rose's story, making them well-rounded and not relying on stereotypes. The term brujex (like Latinx or Mx as a non-gendered honorarium) is used without fanfare - it's just normal, and isn't that how we'd love to see 2SLGBTQIA+ folks integrated into stories more often? (Yes. Yes, it is.)