Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4/5
Del Rey 301 pages June 30, 2020
Glamorous socialite Noemi Taboada heads to the Mexican countryside to rescue her newlywed cousin from a mysterious English family's crumbling mansion. What she discovers in High Place is a nightmare of colonialism, eugenics, and fungal horror lurking beneath the walls. A lush, atmospheric gothic thriller.
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Gothic horror meets 1950s Mexico and Jim is absolutely here for it. Noemi is the fierce protagonist horror needs — she shows up in heels and refuses to take nonsense from creepy English aristocrats. The body horror in the back half is squirm-inducing in the best possible way. Moreno-Garcia proves that the haunted mansion trope still has plenty of dark corners left to explore.
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