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    Lobizona: A Novel
    Lobizona: A Novel
    Lobizona: A Novel
    Audiobook12 hours

    Lobizona: A Novel

    Written by Romina Garber

    Narrated by Sol Madariaga

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    "Garber’s gorgeous novel combines the wonder of a Hogwarts-style magic school with the Twilight-esque dynamics of a hidden magical species that has strict rules about interacting with the human world." -- BOOKLIST (Starred Review)

    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.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books

    “With vivid characters that take on a life of their own, beautiful details that peel back the curtain on Romina's Argentinian heritage, and cutting prose Romina Garber crafts a timely tale of identity and adventure.”–- Tomi Adeyemi New York Times bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone

    “Lobizona somehow loves its genre while simultaneously tearing it apart with werewolf claws, reveling in earthy magic and righteous anger.” -- NPR.org

    “This layered novel blends languages and cultures to create a narrative that celebrates perseverance.” -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateAug 4, 2020
    ISBN9781250754301
    Author

    Romina Garber

    ROMINA GARBER is a New York Times and international bestselling author whose books include Lobizona, Cazadora, and the ZODIAC quartet. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in Miami, Florida, Romina landed her first writing gig as a teen—College She Wrote, a weekly Sunday column for the Miami Herald that was later picked up for national syndication—and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She is a graduate of Harvard College and a Virgo to the core. www.rominagarber.com

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    • 5/5
      The book is fantastic! I need book two now! And I need fan art. Right now! The audio wasn't my favorite. It wasn't the narration. It was more the background - the recording of it. I don't recommend listening in your headphones - out loud on a speaker will be best.

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    • 3/5
      The audio is really bad. It chops and squeaks. Please fix it.
    • 5/5
      Whatever was wrong with the audio that other people noticed, it seems to have been fixed. I didn't notice any strange sounds or quality issues.
    • 4/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed this book. At times it reads very YA, but the main character avoids falling into the tropes of the genre and generally feels well fleshed out. The pacing towards the end felt a bit rushed but the twist really got me.
      I didn’t always like the voice the voice actor used for Manu— it was sometimes nasally and whiny. But I appreciated the range of voices the voice actor had, and the fluency of their Spanish. I would recommend this book to fans of Cemetery Boys or Orquidia Divina.
      I’m excited to read the next book!