Get ready with your tissues and a stress ball ( or a stiff drink!) to prepare for the rage some of this will induce, and dive into this story. This deeply distressing tale is an amazing example of real-world horror mixed with the paranormal. My Final Thoughts on The Haunting of Alejandra Words could eviscerate or they could be a miracle. You have to turn the dialogue down and listen to the music of your soul.

I’ve come to learn that thoughts often get in the way of intuition. Even her own hand was not a hand at all, but a blade she used to carve her heart for anyone who asked for it. But eventually, the story starts to come out of the darkness as Alejandra becomes stronger and the focus shifts to determination and hope! My Favorite Passages from The Haunting of Alejandraįor years she abandoned herself to be a willing sacrifice to please everyone around her, and now nothing existed within her anymore. I will caution readers, the first half of this book was difficult to read as it is very raw and will leave readers feeling miserable if you’re one that puts yourselves in the character’s shoes. Set up in a way that jumps from the current mother struggling with the demon to each of her ancestors throughout the years since the curse began, we slowly learn why each mother seems destined to meet a horrible end after an unhappy life. Will Alejandra be able to sever the cord of this generational curse once and for all, or is her bloodline doomed to keep repeating the horrors of the past? There is a real danger, and it has set its sights on her and her children. But there, she learns that this wasn’t all just in her head. Finally hitting a breaking point, Alejandra goes to therapy. Within her mind, there’s a storm that won’t settle. She has a privileged life when it comes to classic things like the family and the house, but that’s where the picture-perfect reflection ends. Castro with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer. Let’s dive in! My Thoughts on The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Listen Free to Haunting of Alejandra: A Novel by V. Miscarriage, gaslighting, grief, death, suicidal thoughts, suicide, self-harm, and others. Castro is a story of grief, anger, and generational trauma that won’t remove its claws from the backs of the women in this bloodline.

The haunting of alejandra by v castro