House of Bone and Rain, Gabino Iglesias
House of Bone and Rain, Gabino Iglesias
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House of Bone and Rain

Author: Gabino Iglesias

Narrator: Jean-Marc Berne, Daya Mendez

Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2024

Synopsis

In the latest from Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME, a group of five teenage boys in Puerto Rico seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered; a Latinx STAND BY ME with a haunted, obsidianly dark heart. 

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. 

About Gabino Iglesias

Gabino Iglesias is a writer, professor, editor, and book reviewer. He is the author of Zero Saints and Coyote Songs and the editor of Both Sides. His work has been nominated to the Bram Stoker Award and the Locus Award and won the Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel in 2019. He teaches at SNHU"s online MFA program.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brandon on September 16, 2024

It wasn’t my intent to devour this over the course of 8 hours but MAN it was just so all consuming I couldn’t read it fast enough. So violent, emotional, and suspenseful. More thoughts to come!......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on September 03, 2024

After reading “The Devil Takes You Home” by this author, I could not wait to read this book (which if you haven’t read The Devil Takes You Home, I recommend that you do because that book is outstanding). However, I think my expectations were a little too high, or maybe I was expecting the same book......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on March 12, 2024

I will start by saying this author has a beautiful way with words. He takes us through a tale so poignant that it truly makes your heart ache. This story follows five teenage boys in Puerto Rico. Gabe, Bimbo, Xavier, Paul and Tavo. Bimbo’s mother has just been brutally murdered in the streets, she i......more

Goodreads review by Stitching on November 14, 2024

I just adore Iglesias' writing style. The way he'll set a tone that gets you all good and complacent for a minute just to throw something at you that snaps the events into a much larger context or zoom in to the extremely personal sphere of the character, that stuff hits me in the feelings every sin......more

Goodreads review by The Speculative Shelf on March 11, 2024

A pulpy, blood-soaked, and rain-drenched tale of brotherhood and revenge. This was a fun, fast-paced thrill. I enjoyed the blend of revenge and supernatural horror in a locale (Puerto Rico) that doesn’t get the limelight in contemporary fiction too often. That said, the tone and writing style didn’t......more

Quotes

"Gripping, eerie, and impossible to put down, House of Bone and Rain is a dark coming-of-age story drenched with spectral terror. And it’s a page-turning dive into the cost of vengeance, loyalty, and love. Gabino Iglesias walks the electric high wire between crime and horror with breathtaking assurance."—Meg Gardiner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of HEAT 2

"A pulse-pounding, blood-spattered revenge tale about the bonds of friendship and the devastation of violence, about ruthless gods and restless ghosts, about love and loss and righteous anger. With breathless pacing, knockout prose, and dynamic characters to follow into the dark, House of Bone and Rain is part crime thriller, part supernatural horror, and completely brilliant."—Rachel Harrison, national bestselling author of BLACK SHEEP

"Thoughtful and violent, lyrical and muscular, House of Bone and Rain is a mystical, moving powerhouse that never lets up -- and lingers long after the last sentence. Buy this book and welcome the storm.”—Michael Koryta, New York Times-bestselling author of AN HONEST MAN

“Iglesias’s relentless and overpowering novel comes on like a hurricane – of wind, of bullets, of blood, of hope – and you read it breathlessly, waiting for the eye of the storm.”—Daniel Kraus, New York Times-bestselling author of WHALEFALL

Jean-Marc Berne and Daya Mendez narrate a thrilling blend of horror and crime set during a terrifying hurricane. Bimbo's on a quest for revenge after his mother's murder in a dispute over drug territory. His friends initially try to stay out of the bloodshed, but after one of them is murdered, they find loyalty a difficult thing to honor. And when a hurricane containing evil spirits arrives, Bimbo and his boys find the murders the least of their worries. Berne shoulders much of the narrative with a keen ear for accented Spanish and the surprisingly beautiful descriptions of gritty neighborhoods and unsettling horrors. Mendez steps in frequently to capture the female characters with a steadfast authority tinged with tension. J.M.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2024]—AudioFile Earphones Award Winner

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