Felix is trying to prove himself as a man in his Latinx family. In his family of brujx women are healers and men are the ones who can send spirits to the afterlife. As a transguy Felix is determined to be recognized as a brujo, but his father won't hear of it. Denied participation in the quinces, the coming of age ceremony, Felix sets out to have his own private ceremony with the help of a friend Maritza. But when things go wrong and Felix summons the wrong spirit, he has to figure out how to correct his mistake before anyone notices.

I loved this story. I admire Felix's tenacity and his drive to prove himself to his family and gain acceptance as part of the community. Maritza was hilarious and just the right blend of supportive and sarcastic. And Julian... I loved getting to know Julian. From our first ideas of him as this abrasive tough guy ready to throw hands with all comers to the slow revealing of who he really is as a person underneath all that bravado.

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Finding out that Julian is protecting this group of queer kids who have been thrown out of their homes made my heart break a little. Julian is taking on so much at such a young age. Even with all that he's already lost himself, he still stepped up to help them. And then the moment that Julian writes Yadriel's real name over his deadname in the yearbook was just so good. I literally hugged the book to my chest when I read that bit. So good.

And that ending was PERFECT. So good. If I had one tiny nitpick, I would have loved to see a LITTLE bit more conversation between Yadriel and his dad at the end around WHY his dad was SO set against accepting Yadriel as a brujo, but that is really a nitpick.

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Seeing his dad proudly proclaim his love and acceptance for his brujo son at the ceremony was AWESOME.