Coming soon, in a bookstore near you: Coco, this time as a gay book.

Twist villain included.

This was a beautiful homage to Latine* culture and traditions, and we stan Maritza. I'm so glad that people are finally getting the representation they deserve, especially in such a magical and moving way. I devoured this book, it was so funny, cute and emotional, there we so many parts that just made me want to give Yadriel a hug. I only wish there was a bit more mention of how it affects the bruje's world view to know that "life" doesn't exactly end at death, because there's barely any of that in the book. Also personally I am not Latina (the South American side of my family only goes back two generations and originated in Poland, so I don't count that) but I speak Spanish and know enough about the culture to appreciate some of the more nuanced parts of the story. It's not an all time favorite, but I still really enjoyed it and I'm sure there's many people out there who will be happy to read this book. 


*I'd like to note that I prefer to use e instead of x when trying to use gender neutral terms, because I find that it's more pronounceable and less of a "western cultures imposing their own rules on Spanish speakers" type of thing. There's a bit of debate about this, do your own research, but the times that I have seen gender inclusive discussions in Hispanic communities they use e, so I'm sticking with that.