13lolo13 's review for:

The Pink Agave Motel: & Other Stories by V. Castro

3.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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 I am working my way through V. Castro’s catalog:Goddess of Filth, The Queen of Cicadas, The Haunting of Alejandra, Immortal Pleasures, and now, The Pink Agave Motel: & Other Stories. Her curt prose, rejecting the boundary between the morally perverse and hedonism, fearlessly pleasures itself, before devouring itself whole. Each short story preceding The Pink Agave Hotel seems to satisfy themselves on their brevity, while leaving the reader wanting more. These stories, where the female carries her agency and expresses her power through her sexuality, provide compelling insight into feminine rage and yearning through a highly sensual lens. While I would enjoy reading scribbles from this author on a wet napkin, I can say possibly the short story genre isn’t as well suited to V. Castro’s storytelling style. Or maybe I am just greedy? I received an eARC from NetGalley and Clash Books.