A review by mel_c_bell
House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias

5.0

I'm not really sure what I expected, but it definitely wasn't what I got. I loved every page. Any book that can keep my attention is šŸ¤ŒšŸ¼ and while the story and plot are hectic A F, I couldn't get enough. 

So Gabe's friend's mom is killed, page 1 lessgo. Now, this friend, Bimbo, is like, we gotta get justice for mom, and the whole friend group is like, bet. But wait, there's more: a major hurricane is on its way to their island (Puerto Rico). Is Gabe's friend asking too much, or are they ride or die?

I really enjoyed how Iglesias incorporates Spanish and Spanglish into his writingā€”and don't freak out if you don't know Spanish. It's done in such a way that the context makes it clear, or he just adds in a translation. Also, there is a lot of Caribbean culture and spirituality woven in, which gives it a truly robust feeling like any of the crazy stuff getting thrown at us could be real. My absolute favorite thing about this book is that the author is unflinchingā€”some wild things happen and we're not given time to think about it too much because we have other places to be in this plot.

Warning: maybe don't eat and read at about 30%.