Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam REVIEW

I found out after the fact that this book was supposed to be a satire.  I really expected there to be some payoff and there wasn’t.  However, the prose in this book was intriguing, and the descriptions of all the crazy things that happen are really great. And in hindsight, I think I get the

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia REVIEW

This book had everything: creepy dreams, an eerie house, and a misty graveyard. Usually, I don’t like horror (if you read my The Shadows review, I talk a lot about it), but I couldn’t put this down! The main character, Noemí, is the horror story hero I want. She never does anything that makes me