Chulito by Charles Rice-González

Chulito - by Charles Rice-González
Mangus Books
Rating:  4.5 out of 5
 
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel about a gay, macho Puerto Rican kid in South Bronx.  Other reviews give good summaries, so if you want to know what the story is about in review-like language, it might be better to read those.

(*SPOILERS* below)

Lord of the White Hell by Ginn Hale

Lord of the White Hell - Book 1 (of 2) by Ginn Hale
Blind Eye Books
Rating:  3 out of 5

Michael and I were both excited when this book arrived.  We read it aloud to each other a chapter at a time.  We had high expectations because we've read a couple other titles from Blind Eye Books (Hale's debut Wicked Gentleman and Astrid Amara's The Archer's Heart) that we both liked...