Yadriel is a member of a magical Latinx community in East LA, blessed by Lady Death with the powers to see and hear spirits of the dead. On their quences, girls of the family gain the power to heal physical wounds and boys gain the power to safely release spirts into the afterlife. Yadriel's quences has been delayed because he threatens the ancient traditions of the family- he's trans, and knows he is meant to work with spirits, not heal. His cousin Maritza helps him perform the brujo coming of age ritual in secret- the same night that a member of their family is murdered. In trying to help solve the mystery around the death, Yadriel accidently summons the spirit of Julian Diaz, a teen boy from his high school who has also been recently killed. Now Yadriel feels compelled to solve his murder as well. There's so much to love in this book- great queer characters, magic deeply rooted in specific cultures, very rich imagery- but there were small things about it that frustrated me. Mainly the fact that some pieces of plot information were explained three or four times, which felt a little repetitive since I listened to the whole audiobook over just a few days. I was able to guess the major piece of the climax about 1/3 of the way into the story, because the foreshadowing was very strong. But I still loved the main characters and would absolutely recommend this book, especially to teen readers.