In Argentina there is a law that the president has to be the godfather of the 7th child, otherwise that child will turn into a werewolf (lobizon). I thought Lobizona by Romina Garber was about a girl who comes into her werewolf powers amidst ICE turmoil. That isn’t not what the book is about; but it’s nicer and less angry than the low fantasy action I imagined.
Manu has spent her life in hiding since she’s undocumented AND has yellow eyes with star shaped pupils. She was told that she and her mother were in Florida hiding from her father’s organized crime family. And she inherited her eyes from her father.
One of those things is true.
Anyway, Manu loves Harry Potter, her mom and adopted grandmother, and outer space.
After her mother is taken by ICE, Manu stumbles into a fantasy world magic campus for witches and werewolves. Girls are witches and boys are werewolves and there are no deviations.
Manu figures out that father is a werewolf and her mother is a human. Being mixed is illegal in the magic world and it’s an executable offense. Both of her parents’ worlds call her illegal. That sucks.
With the help of her new school friends, Manu hides in the magic school as a witch. She can fake some things, but she can’t fake that she can’t do witchy magic. Because she’s obviously a werewolf.
Now all Manu has to do is survive in up to two worlds that consider her illegal, save her mother, find her presumed dead father, deal with painful magic periods, have a crush, and be the first female werewolf.
I’m happy I was wrong about what the book would be like. I wouldn’t have read it based on this review I just wrote because nothing there sounds appealing. And yet it was. I’m excited to read the sequel.
