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Cemetery Boys
by Aiden Thomas
Cemetery Boys is the debut YA novel from Aiden Thomas... and I think I am already ready to read everything they write! And at the end of this book, we see the cover and title of their next release: Lost in the Never Woods. Already signing up for this one, y'all! While this book is about ghosts and the afterlife, I have never felt more like living in the present than I did while reading and still do now that I have finished!
Cemetery Boys follows Yadriel, a Latinx trans teen, who comes from a family with a long line of brujo and bruja. Yadriel is a brujo and his family thinks that it is going against their traditional ways and Lady Death will not recognize him as a brujo. While all of the family and identity issues are going on, Yadriel's cousin, Miguel, is killed. Yadriel and his best friend, Maritza, seek to summon the spirit of Miguel to find out what happened but end up summoning a different spirit instead. They end up summoning Julian who was not even aware he, too, had also just been killed. Yadriel agrees to help Julian find out what happened to him and tie up loose ends before helping him cross over, but the more time he spends with him, the less he wants Julian to leave for good. Who is killing these boys and why? Will Yadriel's family and Lady Death accept him as a brujo?
Aiden Thomas KILLS it with this book! They write in a way that I could not stop reading. I read pages 60 through the ending in one sitting. There were no dull moments and I felt like I was just falling into this culture and learning more and more about it. And as this book takes place a few days before Día de Muertos, we get to learn a lot more about the celebration and everything that goes into it. I loved getting an even deeper insight into the trans representation, struggles, and joys. And it was such an even more meaningful experience reading this from a Latinx perspective, too. Family and friendship play such huge roles in this story and I am all about it! And while you know there is going to be a romance brewing in this novel from the summary, I do not think it was overdone or focused on TOO much to detract away from everything else within. Yes, there is some slight "insta love" going on, but this is YA and I am happy with how it all built up and came together!
AND THE CAT'S NAME IS PURRCASO?! DONE AND DONE! 4.5 stars to Cemetery Boys and rounded up on Goodreads. I am so excited for the next book from this author in (hopefully) 2021!
Cemetery Boys follows Yadriel, a Latinx trans teen, who comes from a family with a long line of brujo and bruja. Yadriel is a brujo and his family thinks that it is going against their traditional ways and Lady Death will not recognize him as a brujo. While all of the family and identity issues are going on, Yadriel's cousin, Miguel, is killed. Yadriel and his best friend, Maritza, seek to summon the spirit of Miguel to find out what happened but end up summoning a different spirit instead. They end up summoning Julian who was not even aware he, too, had also just been killed. Yadriel agrees to help Julian find out what happened to him and tie up loose ends before helping him cross over, but the more time he spends with him, the less he wants Julian to leave for good. Who is killing these boys and why? Will Yadriel's family and Lady Death accept him as a brujo?
Aiden Thomas KILLS it with this book! They write in a way that I could not stop reading. I read pages 60 through the ending in one sitting. There were no dull moments and I felt like I was just falling into this culture and learning more and more about it. And as this book takes place a few days before Día de Muertos, we get to learn a lot more about the celebration and everything that goes into it. I loved getting an even deeper insight into the trans representation, struggles, and joys. And it was such an even more meaningful experience reading this from a Latinx perspective, too. Family and friendship play such huge roles in this story and I am all about it! And while you know there is going to be a romance brewing in this novel from the summary, I do not think it was overdone or focused on TOO much to detract away from everything else within. Yes, there is some slight "insta love" going on, but this is YA and I am happy with how it all built up and came together!
AND THE CAT'S NAME IS PURRCASO?! DONE AND DONE! 4.5 stars to Cemetery Boys and rounded up on Goodreads. I am so excited for the next book from this author in (hopefully) 2021!