Everyone in this family is grieving from what they’ve lost or what they’ve found. If they’re right, then what am I now? All I know is I left fragments of myself in Los Lagos and I don’t know how to get them back.”Īnd this book also heavily deals with the effects of grief. This truly is the most beautiful love story of all time: the love story of loving yourself, unapologetically. Being able to sacrifice for the ones you love, but to ultimately put yourself and your life first is a combination I hardly ever read in books, but it is so very needed. “You really think I’m going to betray my sister for you? Boy, bye.”Īnd Lula’s personal journey, to loving herself, outside and inside, is so powerful that I wish I could put this book in the hands of every teenage girl in the world. Lula, Alex, and Rose are such sister goals, but their entire family and their willingness to sacrifice is something so beautiful that I don’t even have words for it.

One of the best elements of Bruja Born is the strong emphasis on familial bonds, and how unconditional love will always be the most powerful kind of magic any of us will ever possess. Trigger and content warnings (please do not read if you want to go into this book completely unaware of the events) for car crash, blood, gore, loss of a loved one, grief, trauma, a lot of talk of death, talk of dead bodies, and scenes with physically harming oneself. Lula finds herself unable to give someone up and uses her magic to desperately try to keep them close to her, but she quickly discovers that not all things are meant to stay. But Lula finds herself in a very heartbreaking situation, and when this tragedy strikes, the goddess of death herself is there to pick up the pieces. I went into the book without reading the synopsis, and I truly think I had a better reading experience because of it.

The book’s actual synopsis feels really spoilery, in my opinion. I want to write so much here to give you guys a synopsis, but I’m going to be very vague. I want to still believe in all those things.”īut Lula’s story also quickly and easily breaks my heart. And I liked it even more than Labyrinth Lost, which I loved! When I first requested an ARC of this, I was completely surprised when I found out it wouldn’t be following Alex, the main character of Labyrinth Lost, but her sister, Lula, who I quickly and easily fell in love with, too.

It’s the ownvoices, Latinx, magical story you’ve been looking for. At least, it was, before my sister sent me to hell.”įriends, Bruja Born was such a treat.

🔮 My favorite review for Bruja Born: Lilly's! ARC provided by Sourcebooks in exchange for an honest review.

Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova