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A part-time reporter and club owner takes on crooked city councilmen, mysterious and deadly mobsters, and society’s deeply rooted sexism and racism, all while keeping her true identity and magical abilities hidden –inspired by an ancient Mexican folktale. Yo soy quien soy. I am who I am. Luna–or depending on who’s asking, Rose–is the white-passing daughter of an immigrant mother who has seen what happens to people from her culture. This world is prejudicial, and she must hide her identity in pursuit of owning an illegal jazz club. Using her cunning powers, Rose negotiates with dangerous criminals as she climbs up Kansas City’s bootlegging ladder. Luna, however, runs the risk of losing everything if the crooked city councilmen and ruthless mobsters discover her ties to an immigrant boxcar community that secretly houses witches. Last thing she wants is to put her entire family in danger. But this bruja with ever-growing magical abilities can never resist a good fight. With her new identity, Rose, an unabashed flapper, defies societal expectations all the while struggling to keep her true self and witchcraft in check. However, the harder she tries to avoid scrutiny, the more her efforts eventually capture unwanted attention. Soon, she finds herself surrounded by greed and every brand of bigotry–from local gangsters who want a piece of the action and businessmen who hate her diverse staff to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Capone. Will her earth magic be enough to save her friends and family? As much as she hates to admit it, she may need to learn to have faith in others–and learning to trust may prove to be her biggest ambition yet.
It is with great pleasure that I write this letter of recommendation for this book because… I TOTALLY ADORED IT!
If you like accurate historical fictions that are also super fun because of their high entertainment value, topped with the cherry of relevant social commentary on the many prejudices and inequalities of the time period… Then this book is for you with its lively storytelling placing an eccentric bouquet of diverse and mischievous characters in realistic but hilarious situations!
YES, I KNOW. That was quite the description so, yes, this kind of books are not easy to find. That’s why, I tell you, THIS BOOK IS A GEM!
Actually, I had only found ONE book like this, THE DIVINERS. One book… until now!
And I don’t say this lightly! The Diviners is waaaay up there for me, top-shelf, an all -time favorite that I thought could never be surpassed. If anyone had asked me what could make The Diviners better, I wouldn’t have known what to say because I never imagined such thing and YET this book did the unimaginable: this book is MORE!
So, yes, think THE DIVINERS but… even better!
1- Even more diverse characters that are even sassier facing even more prejudice and inequalities, especially an…
2- Even more interesting main character. Things just not happened to Luna (AKA Rose), she drives the plot herself with her courage and determination! She creates…
3- Even more tension and conflict with her daring attitude, refusing to let these gangsters bully her around even though they are the rulers of this…
4- Even more fascinating {under}world plagued with bigotry, cunning and corruption and soooo well developed with all the good, bad and ugly of this time period!
I especially recommend the audiobook, which is a fantastic immersive experience with all the immigrants’ accents, the musical cadences of the sassy flappers, the drawls of the bigoted chauvinist villains… all of it so much fun!
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