{"id":25173,"date":"2025-09-30T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=25173"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:38:27","slug":"battle-hill-bolero-audio-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/25173","title":{"rendered":"Battle Hill Bolero, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Battle Hill Bolero<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2017) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older<\/a> narrated by Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older (Bone Street Rumba #3)<\/p>\n

\"Battle<\/a>It’s almost over.<\/p>\n

Kia is back in town and now an Iyawo, Sasha and Reza have become friends, and Kia, Jimmy, Kris, and Redd–one of the ghosts from the Burial Grounds–have become friends.<\/p>\n

“Him and Damian and the flower guy\u2014\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWho the fuck is the flower guy?\u201d Redd says. <\/p>\n

\u201cI dunno\u2014he\u2019s one of yours from the Burial Grounds\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. Magnolia Fred? Hyacinth Bob?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cForsyth Charles,\u201d I say. <\/p>\n

\u201cOh my God,\u201d Redd says. \u201cYour mind is a very strange place, Jimmy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plans to take down the Council of the Dead are coming to a head, while Carlos is on thin ice with the CoD, what with so many of his friends being traitors. <\/p>\n

And there are those who have hidden agendas who may or may not be helping the cause.<\/p>\n

Being near him is like drinking a whole glass of milk and realizing there was a dead mouse at the bottom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I should have listened to this ages ago–a lot happens here, and there are a lot of battles, so I know I missed tons with I read it. But I’ve enjoyed revisiting the Brooklyn of ghosts and the dead.<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Carlos Delacruz, Sasha Brass, Trevor Brass, Xiomara, Jackson, Krys, Victor Torres, Jimmy Torres, Kia Summers (the Iyawo), Baba Eddie Machado, Russell Ward, Ernesto \u201cGordo\u201d Quintero, Cicatriz \u201cCiCi\u201d Cortazar, Charo Velazquez, Rohan Baksh, Mama Esther, Rathmus AKA Blardly, Ookus, Reza Villalobos, Dr. Charlotte Tennessee, Janey Vega, Miguel Mirabela, Qui\u00f1ones, Cyrus Langley, Riley Washington, Damian Ray, Big Cane, Moco, La Venganza, Rosali Ayala, Angelina Martinez, Vincent Jackson, Darius Blay, Tolula Brown, Alice, Father Desmond, Saeen Moughari, Kaya Doxtator, Breyla Phan, Forsyth Charles, Redd, Dag Thrummond, Sharon Bentley, Brit Terry, Botus, Bart Arsten, Juan Flores, Caitlin Fern, Dr. Calloway, Harrison Range, Aisha Flores, Darren Raymond, Andre Salazar, Margery Pham, Terra<\/p>\n

Cover art by Gene Mollica<\/p>\n

Publisher: Audible Studios<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Battle Hill Bolero, Audio Book (2017) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older narrated by Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older (Bone Street Rumba #3) It’s almost over. Kia is back in town and now an Iyawo, Sasha and Reza have become friends, and Kia, Jimmy, Kris, and Redd–one of the ghosts from the Burial Grounds–have become friends. “Him and Damian and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,37,292,2,204,44,742,148,41,56,34],"tags":[139,138],"class_list":["post-25173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-audio-book","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-good","category-hispanic","category-physical-health","category-queer","category-reread","category-sexual-content","category-urban-fantasy","tag-bone-street-rumba","tag-daniel-jose-older"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6y1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8735,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/8735","url_meta":{"origin":25173,"position":0},"title":"Battle Hill Bolero","author":"Michelle","date":"February 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Battle Hill Bolero (2017) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older This is the sequel to both Midnight Taxi Tango and Salsa Nocturna. 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