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. And she will not leave until Alejandra follows her mother, her grandmother, and all of 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. And 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, beginning 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. Shes been writing horror stories since she was a child, always. Fiction - Horror - Gothic RELEASE DATE: (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIERS WAREHOUSE) A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona. 0:00 Intro - The Story of La Llorona02:26 Vlog and first impressions07:33 Final thoughts and reviewBooks mentioned: The Haunting of Alejandra by V CastroHe. (Apr.A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this ravishing and provocative literary horror novel about motherhood, family legacy, and self-discovery.Īlejandra no longer knows who she is. Castro was born in San Antonio, Texas, to Mexican American parents. Still, horror fans who prefer psychological scares will find plenty to enjoy here. Castro cleverly uses Mexican folklore to shine a light on multigenerational trauma, but the jumping timelines and stilted dialogue create a level of remove from the more visceral chills. Alejandra must draw on her own inner strength and the strength of her ancestors, who readers meet in flashbacks, to break the cycle of torment. She reaches out to Melanie Ortiz, a therapist and curandera, and together they uncover that the curse of La Llorona, the crying woman, has plagued the women in Alejandra’s family for generations. Alejandra fears she’s losing her mind when she starts hearing voices and sees the ghostly apparition of a crying woman in a white dress. But on the inside, Alejandra has lost her sense of identity and finds herself falling deeper into a hole of darkness and despair. From the outside, Alejandra has the perfect life, complete with a well-off husband, a nice house in Philadelphia, and three healthy children. Castro ( Mestiza Blood) puts a unique twist on the Mexican legend of La Llorona in this eerie contemporary horror story of a woman’s struggle against both her inner demons and the demons of her family’s past.
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