As soon as The Chupacabras was mentioned, I reminisced about my childhood, it made me feel like I was 9 years old again and sparks of joy grew in my chest when the demigods were mentioned as semidioses and the simple fact that Teo is a trans and latino teenager.

It has the non-binary representation I didn't know I needed. I couldn't boil down my excitement when I realized they were talking about not fitting into a gender binary.

During the trials, Teo doesn't have a superpower that comes out of the blue that saves him and makes his way to the top, he just does his best, which makes him more relatable.

One of my best reads of this years and probably will be a favorite.