Welcome to our October Book Club event!
The theme for this month is Horror!
Our book is House of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias.
For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul, and Bimbo, death has always been close. Hurricanes. Car accidents. Gang violence. Suicide. Estamos rodeados de fantasmas was Gabe’s grandmother’s refrain. We are surrounded by ghosts. But this time is different. Bimbo's mom has been shot dead. We’re gonna kill the guys who killed her Bimbo swears. And they all agree.
Feral with grief, Bimbo has become unrecognizable, taking no prisoners in his search for names. Soon, they learn Maria was gunned down by guys working for the drug kingpin of Puerto Rico. No one has ever gone up against him and survived. As the boys strategize, a storm gathers far from the coast. Hurricanes are known to carry evil spirits in their currents and bring them ashore, spirits which impose their own order.
Blurring the boundaries between myth, mysticism, and the grim realities of our world, House of Bone and Rain is a harrowing coming of age story; a doomed tale of devotion, the afterlife of violence, and what rolls in on the tide.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/203163914-house-of-bone-and-rain
Please try to keep suggestions under or aorund 400 pages so we all have the chance to read the book in time :)
Happy reading!
It is best to read the book before you come along as we are going to discuss the plot and there will be spoilers
*price of the book club is the cost of your drink/snack of choice from the cafe
