samanthacenz 's review for:

Goddess of Filth by V. Castro

3.75

dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As a horror novella, it's not something that I'd usually read, but I'm trying to burn through my massive tbr list by going in order of page count from least to most. The basic plot is 5 Chicana friends do a fake seance for fun but accidentally do summon something that inhabits one of them, causing her to act very strangely and frighteningly to the rest of the group. The overall theme is actually about female empowerment, so that was a surprise. Since it's a novella, though, the plot moved super fast. It also changes from 1st person as Lourdes to 3rd person for Fernanda and Father Moreno. I'm not a huge fan of that kind of switch in a book, even if they're different chapters. In this case, though, it would occasionally happen mid chapter after a page division. The ending kinda wrapped things up, but I would have liked a little more epilogue. I honestly think it would benefit from being a full novel, or an expanded made-for-tv movie.