Part of Brooklyn Brujas
First published 2016
Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch born in her generation, and she wants nothing to do with magic. On the night of her Deathday, the ceremony meant to celebrate and confirm her powers, she performs a forbidden spell instead. Her plan is simple: strip herself of her abilities and live a normal life. It does not go as planned. The spell tears her entire family out of the world, leaving no trace behind. Alex is alone, and the only person who might help her fix what she broke is Nova, a brujo she has every reason not to trust. To get her family back, she will have to travel into Los Lagos, a dangerous spirit world, with a companion whose motives she cannot read. The magic she rejected is now the only tool she has. Alex must decide how much she is willing to use it, and how much she is willing to risk, for the people she tried to leave behind. Labyrinth Lost is a Brooklyn-set fantasy rooted in Latin American bruja mythology, where family loyalty and self-acceptance collide at every turn.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, magical-realism, young-adult, young-adult-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, introspective, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, found-family, redemption-arc
Setting: Brooklyn, Los Lagos
352 pages · Paperback · Sourcebooks Fire
Content warnings: death