There is a trans werewolf (remember, until Manu, all werewolves are male and must identify as such), a werewolf who has been shunned by his family and community after an injury left him unable to transition, and infertile women and women who do not wish to have children (remember, brujas are required to “breed” and there are very strict rules concerning magic and motherhood). (As I’ve mentioned before, there are numerous nods to the English series and this is but one.) The Coven is full of individuals who don’t fit in.

They find the Coven in a way reminiscent of the Room of Requirement in the HP canon. Manu, Cata, Tiago, and Saysa set out to find the elusive Coven, always just one step ahead of the cazadoras who are hunting them. As Manu learns more about the magical world that would deny her very existence as a hybrid, she becomes more determined to turn it on its head it’s time for a revolution and the female werewolf becomes the face of the movement. Instead, it hits a bit more heavily on gender norms and the restrictive nature of the binary classifications that influence the Septimus world. The undercurrent of the follow-up doesn’t hit as heavily on notions of undocumented and illegals because they’re no longer in the US. The follow-up, Cazadora: Wolves of No World #2(Wednesday Books, 2021), continues in that familiar pattern but maintains the very unique feel that set Garber’s worldbuilding apart in Lobizona Garber’s story relies heavily on Argentinian folklore and the concept of “borders” and “belonging.”Ĭazadora opens right after the events in Lobizona, with the cazadora close on the heels of Manu and her pack. A few months ago, I reviewed Romina Garber’s Lobizona, and I stated that “there’s a comforting familiarity” to the story.

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