She has inherited the strength and the courage of her foremothers-and she will have to summon everything they have given her to banish La Llorona forever.Īlejandra’s narrative really characterizes the darker side of motherhood that many women experience whether they admit to it or not. And she will not leave until Alejandra follows her mother, her grandmother, and all the women who came before her into the darkness.īut Alejandra has inherited more than just pain. She is La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican legend. As she goes deeper into the lives of the women in her family, she learns that heartbreak and tragedy are not the only things she has in common with her ancestors.īecause the crying woman was with them, too. When Alejandra visits a therapist, she begins exploring her family’s history, starting with the biological mother she never knew. Nor can they see what Alejandra sees. In times of despair, a ghostly vision appears to her, the apparition of a crying woman in a ragged white gown.

But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. ”- Paste (Most Anticipated Horror Novels of 2023)Īlejandra no longer knows who she is. “Castro is one of the most exciting genre authors on the scene right now, and this might be her most powerful book yet. story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood” ( Library Journal, starred review). Source: Hear Our Voices Book Tours and the publisherĪ woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this “utterly terrifying and wholly immersive. Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Historical, Fiction / Horror, Fiction / Women Published by Random House Worlds on April 18, 2023 If you buy the book using that link, I will receive a small commission from the sale. This post contains affiliate links you can use to purchase the book. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from Hear Our Voices Book Tours and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

The haunting of alejandra by v castro