A review by literatiglitterati
Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia
3.75
3.75 - this was rich and intricate and spooky and magical and gritty and sad, and I liked it a lot! The mythology and imagery and badass fmc energy were wonderful. This is a great sapphic, latinx-written spooky season read.
That said, there were also some weak points. Certain parts of it were overwritten — but the book was really almost poetry, so this made sense that at points it veered over. I also kind of wanted some more complexity in the villain, a bit more of a sympathetic side to make it less cut and dry. Last, the romance didn’t have much time to develop and the place it landed felt too serious for the connection we saw only beginning to grow.
That said, there were also some weak points. Certain parts of it were overwritten — but the book was really almost poetry, so this made sense that at points it veered over. I also kind of wanted some more complexity in the villain, a bit more of a sympathetic side to make it less cut and dry. Last, the romance didn’t have much time to develop and the place it landed felt too serious for the connection we saw only beginning to grow.