Another great chapter in this series! Loved the use of mythology mixed with folklore, and the representation of Prehispánic culture. Looking forward to more from this author

I really enjoyed this book, very creative, a little romance, strong bonds between friends and standing up for what is right, unique world building I’ve never read before.
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This was such a good ending to this duology. It wrapped everything so nicely and wrapped up all the arcs with a pretty bow. There were so many layers of found family, secret histories and identity intertwined beautifully between the pages of mystical lands and creatures, without taking away from Manu's coming-of-age story.

I am SO SAD this is seemingly the end of this series for now. I feel like there’s still so much story to tell, and I’d read about Manu and her friends at any time. Romina Garber does such a good job of exploring themes that affect our world and current reality but couched in a fantasy setting. She really prompts you to think about each issue and examine your own feelings towards them, and I loved processing that while reading about these characters I’ve grown to love. While I’m bummed this is the end for now, this was a great follow up to Lobizona.

This is a boon I simultaneously loved and wished would end already. Garber creates lush, vibrant, immersive worlds. Her descriptions are honestly spot on and all consuming. While there is a plot (Manu and crew working with the resistance) it feels like nothing and way too much is happening throughout the story. Like the first half of the book seems excessively overtold, and then the end seems really rushed. I didn’t care for the epilogue, if there is another book I will obviously read it, but I will be irritated while reading it. I think at this point I’m reading for the vibes because like I said…the world building is immaculate.

I absolutely loved LOBIZONA, and this sequel, CAZADORA, did not disappoint! Garber’s world-building is thorough and immersive, and beautifully incorporates Argentine folklore and culture. The issues of immigration and sexism wove perfectly into the conflicts of both the magical and non magical. I would love to read more from this author!

Cazadora is the sequel to Lobizona. Lobizona and Cazadora incorporates Argentine folklore into the story. We follow Many and Manu's friends as they cross a mystical border into a place that is a cursed realm in Argentina. As they are in Kerana, they are searching for allies as well as a place to hide. Also, they are chasing down leads about a Coven that may or may not exist because supposedly the Cover is a mythical resistance.

I read Lobizona back in 2021 and even gave it 3 stars.

When it comes to Cazadora, I just struggled to get into this book and it felt like it was too long.

The world and magic is interesting and a bit unique.

For me this book did not engage me and I could not connect with the characters.

This series to me is pretty forgettable and both books seem similar at times even though book one is more focused in our world and this book takes place in a magical
realm.

Although this was an amazing book it can't compete with Lobizona. I am grateful this book ended the way it did, and I can't wait to see what other books Romina Garber writes in the future.

With how much I loved Lobizona, I had been hesitant to read Cazadora and put it off for quite a long time because of that. Unfortunately, my fears were warranted as it was definitely a miss for me.

Now, I will say that I really loved all of the conversations surrounding gender expectations and what being true to yourself means. Those moments were definitely the highlight.

Unfortunately, everything else fell flat. I wasn’t as engaged in the story and despite the world getting bigger in this book, I wasn’t drawn in by the building of it at all. I also couldn’t bring myself to truly care about any of the characters or their journeys. Even the end, where there could have been so much tension and anticipation weaved into the story, didn’t hit the mark.

I was under the impression that this was a duology, but the ending has me thinking otherwise. Will I continue the series if a third book is released? Definitely. But I’m not on the edge of my seat waiting for it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

This book starts off after the first one so you must read it to understand what happens. I read the first one when it came out and didn’t have time to read this one until now. When starting it, I remember brief things what happened in the first one so I was a bit lost. The writing style for this book was a bit different compared to the first one. In the first one, you learn about the world, characters and the pacing was perfect so readers can ease into the story. For this one, the pacing was very fast and everything felt a bit rush. I feel as though the story could have expanded because I enjoyed the conflicts in this book and what was happening. Readers learn more about the world and how the system works. This book is still in Manu’s POV which I enjoyed.

Manu is the main character in this book and I liked her character. She had a good character development but not the best. I enjoyed reading her story and going on a journey with her. There are many side characters but the main ones are Manu’s three friends. They are protective and amazing towards her. The villain in my opinion was a bit weak but still good for the story. The romance isn’t truly the main focus of the story but is still in it. It’s friends to lovers and there is also a lgbtq couple.

The ending I was mostly disappointed with. I wouldn’t call it a HEA and I heard there wouldn’t be a third book so I was sad with how everything worked out. I hope there is a third book but by the looks of it probably not. I really loved the first book and loved the whole concept of the story especially as it was written from a diverse author. The story is still adventures and fun so I do recommend it because many readers will love Manu’s story.

This was a pretty good follow up to book 1, Lobizona. I loved the way the author used Argentine culture and mythology to discuss serious topics such as anti immigration sentiment, sexism, etc.. My favorite aspect of the book was definitely the world that was created, it was so immersive and fun.

This sequel is filled with magical realism and Argentina folklore. The story was very slow-paced. The characters were hard to get connected to. The story was a bit hard to follow. Nevertheless, I like how mythology was an important element to the story! I recommend this for fans of mythology!

Absolutely 100% amazing follow up to Romina Garber's standout LOBIZONA. Brutally emotional and thrilling to the last page, it makes me hope that there will be many more books in this series!

I'm not a huge fantasy person, but I love how this book ties those elements in with real-world aspects. A very profound message about immigration, government, family, and culture.

Not quite as magical as the first installment, but a wonderful journey to a culture I love to learn more about. My students love the magical realism of this series!

I won't bore anyone with a long review because it's been awhile since I read this one and it wasn't a standout for me. While I loved seeing Manu's world expand, I thought this was thematically underwhelming and repeated a lot of the events of the first book without building on them or offering anything new. There was a lot of character development but not a ton of plot development for the majority of it (although there were some very satisfying scenes near the end). During a book club discussion, Garber mentioned that she initially planned for this series to be a trilogy (the publisher only bought two books), and this one does read more like the second in a trilogy for me. Overall, I expect a duology to have a more powerful impact, but Garber is a talented writer and I'll definitely be picking up her next book.

Cazadora // by Romina Garber

Cazadora is such a satisfying continuation in the amazing world built by Romina Garber. Lobizona was unlike any other fantasy book I had read before with the way it tied real world current issues into an entirely new world of magic. While book 1 focused on those issues and how Manu would be received and treated in this new world that she just found out about, book 2 actually allowed us to explore that world in a lot more detail. We got to learn much more about the magic, the culture, the government, the characters, and so on. It was a lot less theoretical and a whole lot more serious action. This book was such a quick read with a really satisfying ending that didn't wrap everything up with a neat bow but rather left some things open to the imagination and also didn't fix all the problems the characters had super neatly. Our world isn't always perfect and neat with 100% happy endings and I love it when a book reflects that as well. Garber did a really good job with that here.

Thank you for the free copy in exchange for an honest review.

The beauty of having such a HUGE backlog of books in my TBR? I can read the first and second books in a series together! Lobizona and Cazadora are about a teen named Manuela who has been in hiding for most of her life, waiting for documentation to prove that she’s not an “illegal” person. While on the run from ICE, after they have arrested her mother, she encounters a strange school where she starts to feel like she belongs for the first time in her life. Part Harry Potter part Shiver - All the fantasy, adventure, romance, heartbreak, and social justice you need in a book.

As in Lobizona, book 1 in the Wolves of No World trilogy, Cazadora effortlessly merges Argentine folklore and real-world issues in an exciting, emotional, and powerful story.

This picks up right where Lobizona left off (scroll back on my profile to my review of it last year). Manu and her friends are on the run from the Cazadores and time is running out in their fight for her right to be accepted as equal despite not falling into the rigid gender binary laws and responsibilities of their world.

Cazadora expands on Lobizona's themes of what it means to be labelled one way or another, what it means to not fit in and have to fight for your belonging in a world that largely views your existence as an aberration and hence dangerous, something to be feared and controlled, what it means when beliefs are harder to change than laws.

I particularly appreciated how Manu and her found family and friends were not labelled as the be-all-end-all Chosen Ones, and instead, flawed people who join an in-progress battle for the space and the voice to be nonconforming, different. Manu, by her very existence being proof of a needed change to a system that has always denied anyone outside its narrow boundaries, is a figurehead to the movement, but she is a part of a multigenerational ecosystem of Septimus fighting for true change.

I did think there were some pacing issues, resulting in a lack of time with characters who needed it for their mutual development, and an inability to breathe and digest some of the bigger story beats. But this was an absorbing read and Garber continues to ace it with vivid world-building, beautiful diversity and representation, and characters we root for.

By the end of this book which sets up the stakes for the finale in a tantalising way, Manu and her crew start taking back their narratives, reclaiming their stories.

There is no label, in any language, with the power to liberate. That must come from within, from outside, from without. I cannot wait to see what the next installment brings!