A review by herbalmoon
Bruja Born, by Zoraida Córdova
1.0
Minor Quibbles: This book came out in 2018. Nobody was using paper medical records by then (or nearly no one). Why are these characters?
• Why is Lula not wearing her own varsity jacket? Do they not give those out for step team? In my day, two years in earned you a letter. I loved my jacket to death and never wore my boyfriend's. (I had his class ring on a leather thong for a while, though.)
Major Issue:
At least Ale's reasoning behind her backfired spell was...well...reasonable.
• Blue Cohosh (actually both cohoshes) is/are unsafe for humans. Even if we presume that they're safe for mermaids, using blue for the delivery puts the baby's human side at risk. (You can't just go picking random plants out of a hat like that, authors!)
• Why is Lula not wearing her own varsity jacket? Do they not give those out for step team? In my day, two years in earned you a letter. I loved my jacket to death and never wore my boyfriend's. (I had his class ring on a leather thong for a while, though.)
Major Issue:
Spoiler
I know teenagers are stupid, but facing off with the Goddess of Death for a guy that dumped you? REALLY And not one of your sisters was smart enough to stop you? Hot damn.At least Ale's reasoning behind her backfired spell was...well...reasonable.
• Blue Cohosh (actually both cohoshes) is/are unsafe for humans. Even if we presume that they're safe for mermaids, using blue for the delivery puts the baby's human side at risk. (You can't just go picking random plants out of a hat like that, authors!)