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A review by kayhush
Blood & Brujas by Mikayla D. Hornedo
5.0
I stumbled on this book in a StoryGraph challenge. I like to look through the books that others have selected for prompts and have found some good books that I probably wouldn't have found otherwise. So to whoever you were - big thanks.
This book starts with a bang- a massive battle scene, our FMC is DECIMATING our enemies. The pacing overall was excellent. It starts hard and fast, eases up a bit and then is a steady increase to the end (cliffhanger FYI).
If you like your FMCs to be murderous, snarky, damaged, morally grey and with mommy issues - look no further. And on the point of morals - everyone is morally grey. It is wonderful.
I also appreciated that the why-choose romances didn't happen at the exact same time. Sometimes I wonder how these FMCs are falling in love with multiple people simultaneously... so I appreciated that that was not the case here. While focusing on one, the other took a back seat (both figuratively and literally).
Things you might not like, but didn't deter my enjoyment personally - the FMC is overpowered, her magic is some next-level shit. Not everyone enjoys that, but I always love an FMC that is a ticking time bomb with no equal in the world. There are also some modern phrases and curses used throughout the book. I noticed them, but they weren't cringy to me. I actually thought it made the FMC more relatable rather than a weird oversight of the author.
Micro-tropes included:
Scars with a big reveal of the "I will not be ashamed of them" dress
Training scenes with the romantic interest(s)
"Oh you want to drink my blood? Gonna have to catch me first."
Just gonna throw my hood on to conceal my identity, going to the dirty local pub for a beer
You woke me up from my nightmare and I nearly killed you in return, oopsies
This book starts with a bang- a massive battle scene, our FMC is DECIMATING our enemies. The pacing overall was excellent. It starts hard and fast, eases up a bit and then is a steady increase to the end (cliffhanger FYI).
If you like your FMCs to be murderous, snarky, damaged, morally grey and with mommy issues - look no further. And on the point of morals - everyone is morally grey. It is wonderful.
I also appreciated that the why-choose romances didn't happen at the exact same time. Sometimes I wonder how these FMCs are falling in love with multiple people simultaneously... so I appreciated that that was not the case here. While focusing on one, the other took a back seat (both figuratively and literally).
Things you might not like, but didn't deter my enjoyment personally - the FMC is overpowered, her magic is some next-level shit. Not everyone enjoys that, but I always love an FMC that is a ticking time bomb with no equal in the world. There are also some modern phrases and curses used throughout the book. I noticed them, but they weren't cringy to me. I actually thought it made the FMC more relatable rather than a weird oversight of the author.
Micro-tropes included:
Scars with a big reveal of the "I will not be ashamed of them" dress
Training scenes with the romantic interest(s)
"Oh you want to drink my blood? Gonna have to catch me first."
Just gonna throw my hood on to conceal my identity, going to the dirty local pub for a beer
You woke me up from my nightmare and I nearly killed you in return, oopsies