Teo was such a fun, chaotic, and lovable MC and the supporting characters blew me away. If you’ve read Cemetery Boys, you know Thomas does an exceptional job creating lovable, diverse characters and The Sunbearer Trials is no exception. Also, the trials overall were so fun and suspenseful, I LOVED reading about them. I felt like I was a part of the Sunbearer Trials along with the characters! Thomas paints a vivid picture of the world in your head, which drew me deeper into the story. It was fun, fast paced, heartfelt, and gripping.

Thomas created a unique word inspired by Mexican culture that somehow felt fresh, yet still encapsulated everything I love about YA fantasy. My expectations were completely blown out of the water. After falling in love with Aiden Thomas’s writing in Cemetery Boys, I was so excited for this one. I absolutely devoured The Sunbearer Trials. I don't want to give too much away about the Sunbearer Trials either, but they're super fun and engaging to read about, with some twists at the end that make me crave the sequel like nothing else. I don't want to give too much away, but I absolutely loved how this storyline was handled.

These wings are a cause of dysphoria for him, because he's trans and the wings look like how a female bird's wings would look, leading him to wear a binder to hide them. Our main character Teo is the son of the goddess of birds, and as such he can communicate with birds and he has wings. Like Cemetery Boys, I think this book will become a comfort read for me. It is a book that deserves the biggest fandom, so I'm really hoping it will be huge!Īiden Thomas's books, even though they're all fantasy, are all distinctly different subgenres, but they're all super immersive and I once again loved their writing style. This book is basically Percy Jackson, if Percy and Nico were trans, meets The Hunger Games, all in the best way possible.

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