The book opens up from the perspective of a boy out on a party with a flighty, superficial and possibly spoiled socialite. I think this was intentional on the part of the author. A party girl is not what we expect to be a heroine of a story, much less a horror one. Noemi Taboada is a lovely heroine. Unusual in that she is smart and strong (as most heroines are) but also flighty, stubborn and a socialite who enjoys going to parties and flirting with […]
A compelling mystery, an intrepid heroine, a musty creepy mansion… and colonialism
Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia