Cemetery Boys

When Yadriel summons a ghost to prove himself a real brujo, he expects a cooperative spirit. What he gets instead is Julian Diaz — the most infuriating boy in school — and absolutely no way to get rid of him.

Determined to earn his place among his traditional Latinx family of brujos and brujas, Yadriel performs the sacred ritual in secret, with only his cousin and best friend Maritza by his side. His goal is simple: find the ghost of his murdered cousin, set him free, and prove once and for all that being trans doesn't make him any less of a brujo. But the ritual goes sideways when Julian's spirit shows up instead — loud, demanding, and completely unwilling to cross over until Yadriel helps him uncover the truth about his own death.

Trapped together in this paranormal standoff, Yadriel and Julian are forced into an uneasy alliance. Julian is everything Yadriel finds aggravating, yet impossible to ignore. And as they dig deeper into the mystery haunting their Los Angeles neighborhood, the line between frustration and something far more dangerous begins to blur.

Cemetery Boys is a gorgeous, tender YA fantasy rooted in Latinx culture and mythology, where love blooms in the most unexpected places — and death, it turns out, isn't always the end. With its irresistible hate-to-love tension and richly drawn characters, this is the ghostly romance that will keep you reading long past midnight.