'A powerful story about motherhood, trauma, love, and the ways that myths can and should be rewritten. ' The Haunting of Alejandra is deeply rooted in culture and beautifully explores diaspora and generational trauma through the lens of the supernatural horror genre.' -Zoraida Córdova, author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina 'Provocative, haunting, and packed with secrets.' -Electric Literature ' ravishing and provocative literary horror novel about motherhood, family legacy, and self-discovery.' -Jump Scares 'Speaking of Goddesses, Castro is the goddess of Indigenous Mexican Indigenous horror, and I also can't wait for The Haunting of Alejandra.' -Literary Hub seeing the societal structures and history that contribute to our present-day malaise.' - CrimeReads in what also functions as a perfect metaphor for. She must go to a curandera and process her personal and generational trauma. Castro's heroine is haunted by the spirit of La Llorona. Follow along as Alejandra digs into her past and taps into the power of her ancestors so she can save her future.' -People en Español Castro's The Haunting of Alejandra isn't your typical horror novel. 'Castro is one of the most exciting genre authors on the scene right now, and this might be her most powerful book yet.' - Paste Magazine, Most Anticipated Horror Novels of 2023 'The provocative novel is haunting and packed with dark secrets.' -Today

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 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. 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). Description A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this 'utterly terrifying and wholly immersive.

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro