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A review by justabookholic
Season of the Bruja, Vol. 1 by Aaron Durán
4.0
Thank you NetGalley and Oni Press for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!
Althalia "Lia" Cabrera is a bruja; one with immense power... but albeit a bit untrained.
With her job at a paranormal museum and her friends Dana (a werecoyote) and Chuey (a real-life Chupacabra), and her abuela, Lia spends her time honing her magical gifts and stopping magical threats... like demons. When a strange encounter at a museum with a priest leaves her world turned upside-down, Lia must work to find her abuela and face down a centuries-old threat that seeks to destroy the last bruja. Althalia grapples with the cultural trauma of the past and the present ramifications of colonialism which take the form of a real and dangerous institution that seeks to finish what they started hundreds of years ago.
With an engaging narrative and beautiful artwork, Season of the Bruja, quickly captures one's attention with its brightly color palette and humorous dialogue. As it is the first volume, it provides a modest background to the world Durán and Solar are building but I think it does a decent job setting things up for the broader story. This YA fantasy comic pulls the reader in immediately and provides a clear plot that has the potential to be further developed in future volumes. I personally found the premise and the characters to be very diverting and look forward to finding out what happens next.
Althalia "Lia" Cabrera is a bruja; one with immense power... but albeit a bit untrained.
With her job at a paranormal museum and her friends Dana (a werecoyote) and Chuey (a real-life Chupacabra), and her abuela, Lia spends her time honing her magical gifts and stopping magical threats... like demons. When a strange encounter at a museum with a priest leaves her world turned upside-down, Lia must work to find her abuela and face down a centuries-old threat that seeks to destroy the last bruja. Althalia grapples with the cultural trauma of the past and the present ramifications of colonialism which take the form of a real and dangerous institution that seeks to finish what they started hundreds of years ago.
With an engaging narrative and beautiful artwork, Season of the Bruja, quickly captures one's attention with its brightly color palette and humorous dialogue. As it is the first volume, it provides a modest background to the world Durán and Solar are building but I think it does a decent job setting things up for the broader story. This YA fantasy comic pulls the reader in immediately and provides a clear plot that has the potential to be further developed in future volumes. I personally found the premise and the characters to be very diverting and look forward to finding out what happens next.