Genre: Paranormal YA

Tags: #werewolf #poc #strongfemalelead #diversevoices

Blurb:

"Some people ARE illegal.

Lobizonas do NOT exist.

Both of these statements are false.

Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida.

Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered.

Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested by ICE. Without a home, without answers, and finally without shackles, Manu investigates the only clue she has about her past--a mysterious "Z" emblem—which leads her to a secret world buried within our own. A world connected to her dead father and his criminal past. A world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a bruja and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf. A world where her unusual eyes allow her to belong.

As Manu uncovers her own story and traces her real heritage all the way back to a cursed city in Argentina, she learns it's not just her U.S. residency that's illegal. . . .it's her entire existence."

Rae's Review:

The lush, gorgeous cover drew me in and the strong, unconventional female protagonist kept me turning the pages to the end of this novel! An unexpected mash up of werewolf genre, politically on-point themes, and a compelling storyline about breaking rigid gender roles for girls.

If you're writing fiction about vampires or werewolves this is a great example of the way you can leverage those paranormal elements to tell a powerful story about current events!