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A review by chaiteaandbooks
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
4.0
Thank you to PRH Audio for the copy, all thoughts are my own.
Haunting is absolutely the exact word I would use to describe this story. This story takes depression and post-partum to a new level, adding in supernatural entities into a familial line of cursed women. V Castro takes absolutely normal feelings in motherhood and adds in outside forces that amplify them. I wasn't prepared for the turn this took with the La Llorna story, but I'm not mad about it. Overall a good listen.
Alejandra has 3 children who she loves very much, but is constantly overwhelmed with. Her spouse is not a partner, and is no help. They moved away from her birth mother not long after she found her. But she needs help. She seeks out a therapist who might be able to help. Because she is seeing things. Things that shouldn't be there. Things that are telling her to do terrible things. And it's time she stood up to the things she is seeing.
Haunting is absolutely the exact word I would use to describe this story. This story takes depression and post-partum to a new level, adding in supernatural entities into a familial line of cursed women. V Castro takes absolutely normal feelings in motherhood and adds in outside forces that amplify them. I wasn't prepared for the turn this took with the La Llorna story, but I'm not mad about it. Overall a good listen.
Alejandra has 3 children who she loves very much, but is constantly overwhelmed with. Her spouse is not a partner, and is no help. They moved away from her birth mother not long after she found her. But she needs help. She seeks out a therapist who might be able to help. Because she is seeing things. Things that shouldn't be there. Things that are telling her to do terrible things. And it's time she stood up to the things she is seeing.