Wayward Witch
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Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she's been feeling lost. She has brand new powers that she doesn't understand, and her family is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac father's return home. Then, on the night of her Death Day party, Rose discovers her father's memory loss has been a lie. As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through a portal to the land of Adas, the fairy realm. There Rose is forced to work with a group of other powerful teens to save Adas. Soon, she begins to discover the scope of her powers, the troubling truth about her father's past, and the sacrifices he made to save her sisters. But if Rose wants to return home so that she can repair her broken family, she must figure out how to heal Adas first.
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3 primary booksBrooklyn Brujas is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Zoraida Córdova.
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I had to remind myself throughout the book that Rose is supposed to be sixteen and is lead more by emotions than critical thinking. Which just makes it funnier that she was chosen to help save a magical island.
I had several questions running through my head the entire time: why was Rose chosen for the quest instead of Alex? Or both? Why does Rose's personality seem so different from the other books? What is this stupid romance when Rose has way more chemistry with his sister instead?
A whole new band of characters were introduced and I'd love to hear more about them.That's another problem with this series: you finally get to really know characters, get invested in their story, and then oop! No, we're talking about entirely new people this time!
So, as a stand-alone book: I enjoyed Wayward Witches. As part three in a series: there was such a great setup for an exciting story following Bruja Born with the hunters and exploring the story's universe. But now, we're in a different realm. This whole series just felt disjointed, even though it's about the same family.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Audiobook Review: I listened to the whole trilogy as audiobooks. I was disappointed to see Wayward Witch is narrated by the same person who did the first book. She does a good job, but there's just something about the tone she uses for the sisters - They all sound like whiny brats, making it hard to root for them. I think that might be part of why I enjoyed Bruja Born the best – a different narrator.
