https://www.goodreads.com/review/show?id=3906467902
reviews are starting to roll in ahhhhh I need this book!
she was presenting two sides of the faith argument. those who believe in the Orishas and then those who didn't, which us who zawavari invoked when he closed the originators gate. this is why he was almost killed when he closed the portal. so it's not wiggle room in the manner you describe.