A review by mitskacir
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

3.0

An easy read that kept me going, but ultimately disappointing. A lot of the conflict seemed resolvable (I honestly think their are other options besides sleeping in a haunted house, without compromising "pride" and "propriety", two major obstacles in this book), and the characters were a strange mix of reasonably terrified and completely unfazed (I would be a little more suspicious of Juana if the ghost in my house was constantly whispering "Juana... Juana...."). It was a bit creepy, but the spookiness and violence escalated too quickly to be really suspenseful. The book was long enough for the mysterious occurrences to build more slowly. Overall, mildly entertaining but mediocre.