Air & Essence - Mikayla Hornedo

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Air & Essence - the follow up to Blood & Brujas by Mikayla Hornedo - had me SALIVATING for a chance to read this ARC. 

Blood & Brujas was one of the most INTENSE and interesting books I read in 2024 and I was like WAIT... THE SEQUEL ISN'T OUT YET. BUUUUUUT I NEED TO KNOW. 

Blood & Brujas was a beautifully wound tapestry of lore of vampires and witches and brujas and lobos wound around generational trauma in a time of war. 

Air & Essence continues those story lines with the additional complications of growing love stories, betrayal, and so much character growth that it's insane that Mikayla is able to keep everything straight. 

The prose is beautiful, the world is magical, and every character is so real you either love or hate them with so much intensity that it's insane. There are characters I cheered when they died, or I want to punch right in the jaw. There are characters I want to hug and protect and characters I root for every time they are on the page. The big bad is deliciously evil, the not so big bads are deliciously vile as well... and even they are flawed in a way that makes them almost understandable... it's just so well crafted. 

I cannot wait for everyone to get their hands on this book and fall in love with this series the way I have. So, if you haven't read B&B, what are you waiting for? Go do it before A&E comes out on March 5, 2025! 

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