Morning! It is a beautiful but HOT start to the day; hearing we should get some strong thunderstorms later. Being that I'm in a very old house in one of the oldest West Haven neighborhoods, our internet and TV usually go out in storms, so I want to get this done stat.
I ordered this last year for our collection. When I did inventory this year (the first full inventory since our move, thanks to COVID and then being short-handed; shout outs to my Teaching Assistant Ayonnah and Work-Study Justin for their help!), I thought it looked interesting and added it to my summer reading pile.
Now, first off, this is horror. It's really weird, occultish horror. Think Stephen King, Amy Lukavics, Kim Liggett, Christopher Pike-esque. There are some pretty gory scenes. Second, there is a LOT of Mexican history discussed, and I admit I am not knowledgeable on the topic. I honestly don't think I ever had a unit on Canada or Mexico in school, come to think of it. I had to Google some of the events and people mentioned to understand the plot.
On to the plot. Noemi (I looked up the pronunciation as naw-em-ee) and her father receive a disjointed letter from her newly married cousin Catalina that suggests her new husband Virgil is trying to kill her. Noemi heads to Catalina's new home, what was once a grand manor in the times of the silver mines, but now a dilapidated mess barely maintained by a staff of 3 and Virgil's family (his father, cousin, and cousin's son). And Noemi agrees that SOMETHING is REALLY off with these people. I was really reminded of Dark Shadows (the Depp movie, not the 70s series).
This is a ghost story, a murder mystery, and has a pretty big plot twist, so I don't want to spoil too much. But, Noemi has to figure out who is telling the truth, who is lying, and who is not at all who they seem.
Find this on display when we return.
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