Age range 12+
Bruja magic runs in her blood, but a curse meant to banish that magic may cost Alex more than her power…
Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she’s hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. So while most girls celebrate their Quinceanera, Alex prepares for Death Day- the most important day in a bruja’s life and her only opportunity to rid herself of magic. But the curse she performs during the ceremony backfires, and her family vanishes, forcing Alex to absorb all of the magic from her family line. Left alone, Alex seeks help from Nova, a brujo with ambitions of his own. To get her family back they must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between, as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland…
‘A richly Latin American, giddily exciting novel.’ - New York Times Book Review
‘This work is a magical journey from start to finish…A compelling must-have for teens.’ - School Library Journal, starred review
‘First in the Brooklyn Brujas series, Cordova’s (the Vicious Deep series) magic-infused, delightfully dark story introduces readers to an engrossing, Latin American-inspired fantasy setting and an irresistible heroine who longs to be 'normal’ and pines for the father that left their family behind years ago. A final twist will leave readers eager to revisit Cordova’s immersive world.‘ - Publishers Weekly
'Labyrinth Lost is more like reading Paradise Found. Zoraida Cordova brings us a new generation of witches, enchanting and complex. And every page is filled with magic.’ - Danielle Paige, New York Times bestselling author of Dorothy Must Die
‘A brilliant brown-girl-in-Brooklyn update on Alice in Wonderland and Dante’s Inferno. Very creepy, very magical, very necessary.’ - Daniel Jose Older, New York Times bestselling author of Shadowshaper
‘Zoraida Cordova’s prose enchants from start to finish. Labyrinth Lost is pure magic.’ - Melissa Grey, author of The Girl at Midnight
‘Cordova’s world will leave you breathless, and her magic will ignite an envy so green you’ll wish you were born a bruja. Delightfully dark and enchanting. An un-putdownable book.’ - Dhonielle Clayton, author of The Belles and Shiny Broken Pieces
