Carmen Sanchez is back in her home country of Mexico, overseeing the renovation of an ancient cathedral into a boutique hotel. Her teen daughters, Izel and Luna, are with her for the summer, and left to fill their afternoons unsupervised in a foreign city.
The locals treat the Sanchez women like outsiders, while Carmen's contractors openly defy and sabotage her work. After a disastrous accident at the construction site nearly injures Luna, Carmen's had enough. They're leaving.
Back in New York, Luna begins acting strange, and only Izel notices the chilling changes happening to her younger sister. But it might be too late for the Sanchez family to escape what's been awakened...
Piñata is a bone-chilling story about how the sinister repercussions of our past can return to haunt us.
Carmen travels to Mexico to oversee the renovation of an old church that is being turned into a hotel. The locals are not very welcoming and the men who work under her are resentful. Her eldest daughter is also resentful of being taken away from her friends and their plans for the summer. Her younger daughter is enjoying the trip and soaking up the culture, but something otherworldly has its eye on this little girl. After an accident occurs Carmen and her daughters leave Mexico but something has attached to her daughter and follows.
Mexican folklore and a bit of history combine with the supernatural in this chilling tale by Leopoldo Gout.
Did you know that piñatas were originally clay pots made as sacrifices to the gods hundreds of years ago? I didn't.
There were lots of spooky moments in this book and I loved Carmen and her daughters. I did feel the story was a little longer than it needed to be, making it slow in some spots, but overall well worth a read.
If you are in the mood for a slow-burn horror this is for you.
4 out of 5 stars
My thanks to Tor Nightfire
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