Kirkus has given They Call Her Fregona a starred review!!! Among the many praises they heap on my upcoming novel-in-verse are these snippets: “Superb.” “A real delight.” “Rich in scope.” “Sublime.” Thanks to Joanna Cárdenas at Kokila and my agent Taylor Martindale Kean for believing in this one!
Online and in the November 14, 2021 print edition, the New York Times is featuring My Two Border Towns and three other books that stand out for “Picturing the Power of Community.”
Kirkus has give Rise of the Halfling King a starred review! “An unmissable adventure of mythical proportions,” they call it. Huge congratulations to my illustrator (and daughter) Charlene Bowles, and much love and respect to our publisher, Cinco Puntos Press, who had the idea of creating a series of graphic…
Kirkus has released their review of They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems online. Here’s a sample of what they say: “In this slim verse novel, Bowles splendidly translates border life via loosely connected vignettes in an eclectic mix of poetic forms. Güero’s voice brims with humor, wit, and bits of…
Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico has received a starred review from School Library Journal! Thanks to the ancestors whose voices I tried to echo with my mestizo tongue. Tlazohcāmati, in antonānhuān in antotahhuān.
Kirkus has given a starred review to my newest book, Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico. Bowles’ dense yet lyrical prose raises the narrative to a level suited to high mythological tradition and illuminates the foundations on which contemporary Mexican culture is laid. Read what else they have…
An AMAZING in-depth review of Chupacabra Vengeance is up at This Is Horror! Here’s a snip from the end: “[T]he voices of his characters are so genuine that we felt drawn into each story and were instantly invested in the fates of the protagonists. Bowles has delivered a work of genius,…
Shane Douglas Keene reviewed my Mexican kaiju novel for Hellnotes! Here’s part of what he had to say: Lords of the Earth is a breath-taking, pulse-pounding story with a high body count and an intensely human element that’s perfect for a lazy rainy day next to the heater or fireplace,…
A review of the The Smoking Mirror has appeared in Christian Library Journal Volume XX, No. 2. Their verdict? “With a large caste [sic] of gods and monsters, the book has invited comparison to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series and will likely appeal to a similar audience.”
There’s a great review of my book THE SMOKING MIRROR up at one of my favorite blogs, Rich in Color. Give it a read! Review: The Smoking Mirror
