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A review by bookishandlegal
Cazadora by Romina Garber
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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
I absolutely loved Lobizona and this was one of my most anticipated reads of the year! I really liked this one, but I don't think I loved it quite as much as the first one. The pacing at the beginning felt a little off to me and the first section or so just didn't give me the same feelings I got when reading the first one. It's hard to explain, but it was just a little off--I was also in a not great head space when I started the book and that totally could have been contributing to those feelings!
Around the halfway mark I started getting really into it again and flew through the rest of the book. I loved exploring Manu and Tiago's relationship. There was also really good development and emotional/mental things going on with Saysa that I was really interested in and I wish this had been explored a bit more fully.
This book had a lot of great resistance and fight the power vibes that I really love. There were a lot of new characters and a few familiar faces from the first book. A lot of the lobizones from the first book that I really liked played smaller roles in this book, but that also lead to meeting new characters and going to new places. There were a lot of new characters introduced in the first half of the book that mostly disappeared in the second half (maybe that's what lead to the first half being a little off for me...phase 3/4 felt like a different book from 1/2 and that's partly because the setting and characters changed fairly drastically). I hope we see more of those characters in the next book.
The ending of this book was spectacular! Romina Garber sure can write a compelling and edge of your seat ending! The epilogue at the very end goes into Cata's POV and I absolutely LOVED that (also...hope that's a sign that in the next book we might get multiple POV's). I really love this story and world and I cannot wait to see where the story goes next.
Also...I feel like I should have guessed it since the name of the book is "Cazadora" but I totally did not see Manu being forced to become a Cazadore after going before the tribunal. Love that Cata and Tiago are joining too to be closer to her. Even thought I should have totally seen this ending coming I did not at all and loved that.
Around the halfway mark I started getting really into it again and flew through the rest of the book. I loved exploring Manu and Tiago's relationship. There was also really good development and emotional/mental things going on with Saysa that I was really interested in and I wish this had been explored a bit more fully.
This book had a lot of great resistance and fight the power vibes that I really love. There were a lot of new characters and a few familiar faces from the first book. A lot of the lobizones from the first book that I really liked played smaller roles in this book, but that also lead to meeting new characters and going to new places. There were a lot of new characters introduced in the first half of the book that mostly disappeared in the second half (maybe that's what lead to the first half being a little off for me...phase 3/4 felt like a different book from 1/2 and that's partly because the setting and characters changed fairly drastically). I hope we see more of those characters in the next book.
The ending of this book was spectacular! Romina Garber sure can write a compelling and edge of your seat ending! The epilogue at the very end goes into Cata's POV and I absolutely LOVED that (also...hope that's a sign that in the next book we might get multiple POV's). I really love this story and world and I cannot wait to see where the story goes next.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny