A review by ezwolf
Season of the Bruja, Vol. 1 by Aaron Duran

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Althalia, Lia, is a young woman, eager to use her abilities to help people. She loves her grandmother but doesn’t like to sit for lessons and is very conscious of the history of colonization of her people. I really liked that this was taking a look at the colonization of indigenous people native to South America and how the effect of losing cultural knowledge is a detrimental. The plot of this first volume was very common (young person with powers doesn’t want to learn, has lost family, loses the only family they have left who can teach them, they’re angered into almost losing control, and then learning that’s not the way to go about things). But I think every one deserves to have these kinds of stories told about people like them and I’m interested to see where this story goes! 

Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review! 
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