My latest review at the Chicago Review of Books just posted, and I’m thrilled to rave about Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s MEXICAN GOTHIC: “it delivers perfectly on the promise of its gorgeous cover, one of my favorites of the year. Like that cover, it’s alluring and foreboding, ambiguous and beautiful. And like its heroine Noemí, it’s ambitious, determined, and well worth getting to know.”

Read the full review here.

Also, let me add that this book has one of my favorite tie-ins ever: printable paper dolls of its glamorous 1950s Mexico City socialite heroine, Noemí Taboada! Check them out here.