People have been disappearing in the Bronx for over a year. But when things get personal for sixteen year old Raquel and her crush, Charlize, Raquel must do everything in her power to figure out what’s going on and put a stop to it.

     This book hooked me from the beginning! By the time I finished the prologue, I already needed to know more! It was a very fast paced read. I really cared about (most of) the characters! Especially Raquel and Charlize! I loved them individually and together. And another thing I loved about this book was that I could feel the author’s love for the Bronx in their writing! 

     The only thing I had a problem with in the story was that there was a male character who, during an argument with Raquel, jerked her up like he was going to hit her, and then proceeded to tell a lot of people about her kissing another girl, therefore, outing her. And everything he did went unchecked. He didn’t even apologize and Raquel didn’t require him to. The awful things he did were never challenged. I had a huge problem with that.

     I really enjoyed this book! It was a very quick read. It had the perfect amount of horror for a young adult novel. And the characters were people you rooted for, except of course the character I had that problem with. I’d recommend this book to anyone looking for a YA horror with substance that features BIPOC and queer characters!

Rep: Afro-Latine and sapphic rep, MC with asthma

TW: racism, burning, outing, police brutality, rats and insect horror (none of these TWs were particularly graphic in my opinion)

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Fire for this arc. All opinions are my own.