The cover! Pure magia! It tells the whole story of JC Cervantes’ middle grade fantasy The Daggers of Ire.
Let’s start at the top of the cover at the river…
Many moons ago, began the legends of the 4 human sisters who dared to kiss a sleeping god - without consent. Each sister was stabbed in the heart with a dagger, but they did not die and because of their sisterly bond, the magic of the god was transferred to them. They became the Brujas of Fire, Water, Earth and Air and passed their powers down to their ancestors.

Center of the cover:
Esmerelda Santos is one of those ancestors, but rather than being blessed with one power, she was cursed with Chaos magic that contains a bit of each of the elemental magics. Since Chaos is illegal, Esme’s mother hides her powers with a protection spell - a secret only her family and her best friend Tiago know about. Oh, Tiago can turn himself into small animals like the mouse sitting on the E in the title.

Top center of the cover:
Suddenly a dark storm moves into her town of San Bosco and all of the witches of the town are mysteriously sent to Oblivion including her older sister (the red headed bruja with water magic) and her deeply grieving recently widowed father. Esme and Tiago begin a quest to find the four original witches to save the witches of San Bosco.

Left cover:
They are assisted by Fetch, a talking fox that stands on two legs and dresses quite dapperly. If the trio does not find the original witches and retrieve the daggers, all the brujas and the town will fade away.

I’m not going to tell you about the red rose! You will just need to read to find out.

J. C. Cervantes does it again in the middle grade fantasy genre. It had that captivating feel that I enjoyed about the Storm Runner series. The characters were wonderfully done and enjoyed the overall feel of them. It had that magical element that I wanted and glad it was so well written and I wanted to continue reading this.