A review by bookladykd
The League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo

4.0

5 stars for the use of Latino mythology, the smart-talking bilingual main character and the sheer fun of the plot. Two stars (and that's being generous) for the plucky girl sidekick/friend/possible love interest. She's the lead journalist for the school paper AND head cheerleader AND a competitive gymnast? And she still has time to go gallivanting all over Miami with Charlie? What, she's borrowed Hermione Granger's time turner? And for at least one of their expeditions she chooses to wear, "a long silky dress the color of a wintry sky" which later on gets caught on a chain-link fence but apparently causes no difficulty in BICYCLING. Seriously? Were there no females involved in the editing of this book to point out the sheer impracticality of bicycling in a long flowing skirt, or the stupidity of the idea in general? Hispanic mythology come to life--sure, I'll suspend disbelief. Boy growing horns and feathers--no problem. Biking in a long flowing skirt without it getting hopelessly tangled in the chains and spokes? Nope. Just nope.