A review by gen_wolfhailstorm
Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova
3.0
It has been a good few years since I read the first book so I knew I would go in feeling disorientated. However, I remember really loving Labyrinth Lost and was excited to continue on. Unfortunately, in comparison with the first book in this trilogy (hard not to compare) this was a bit of a meh read. I have to acknowledge that my preferred tastes in storytelling may have changed some since picking up book one, so my thoughts then and now will probably be pretty different anyway.
I was pretty thrown off for the first few pages as I didn't remember names and thought these were entirely different people, but slowly, slowly I realised it was the same family but highlighting a different Mortiz sister.
Although we are following the oldest sister, Lula, in this book, its still feels like Alex is carrying the weight of the story. It would have been nice if we had more independent thinking from Lula. I love how heavily family is a theme in this, and the reliance and love there is there, so I wouldn't want that diminished, but what I mean is it would have been nice to have Lula feel more centre stage and this was her story.
I couldn't get over how frustrating character choices were in this and I feel like there was very little character growth between book 1 and 2, because nobody seemed to steer away from mistakes they should have already learned from.
I enjoyed seeing more of the THA and Knights of Lavant on the page and I think those organisations would be really cool to learn more about, as a spin-off, but I think including so many different species of magical people and creatures was overwhelming and an expansion to this world that felt a little silly.
I'm interested in learning more about Rose's powers, the dad's memories and Nova becoming closer to a sense of family.
I will definitely complete this trilogy but just a little dimmed that this one didn't meet my expectations. Nevertheless, I can't deny that this was very entertaining and the themes on grief and what you will do in that frame of mind was interesting to read about in a world where magic is possible and can make nearly anything happen...
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén
I was pretty thrown off for the first few pages as I didn't remember names and thought these were entirely different people, but slowly, slowly I realised it was the same family but highlighting a different Mortiz sister.
Although we are following the oldest sister, Lula, in this book, its still feels like Alex is carrying the weight of the story. It would have been nice if we had more independent thinking from Lula. I love how heavily family is a theme in this, and the reliance and love there is there, so I wouldn't want that diminished, but what I mean is it would have been nice to have Lula feel more centre stage and this was her story.
I couldn't get over how frustrating character choices were in this and I feel like there was very little character growth between book 1 and 2, because nobody seemed to steer away from mistakes they should have already learned from.
I enjoyed seeing more of the THA and Knights of Lavant on the page and I think those organisations would be really cool to learn more about, as a spin-off, but I think including so many different species of magical people and creatures was overwhelming and an expansion to this world that felt a little silly.
I'm interested in learning more about Rose's powers, the dad's memories and Nova becoming closer to a sense of family.
I will definitely complete this trilogy but just a little dimmed that this one didn't meet my expectations. Nevertheless, I can't deny that this was very entertaining and the themes on grief and what you will do in that frame of mind was interesting to read about in a world where magic is possible and can make nearly anything happen...
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén