Piñata by Leopoldo Gout
| Author(s) | Leopoldo Gout |
|---|---|
| Published | March 14th, 2023 |
| Genre(s) | Horror, Paranormal |
| Age group | Adult |
Summary
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.
Trigger Warnings
- Beheading (mentioned)
- Body Horror
- Bug Horror
- Child Abuse
- Child Death
- Christianity/Catholicism
- Colonialism
- Colorism
- Curses
- Creepy Children
- Crossing the Mexican-American Border
- Drug Use
- Femicide (mentioned)
- Gaslighting
- Genocide of indigenous peoples
- Human Trafficking
- Kidnapping (mentioned)
- Perversion/Desecration of Sacred Beliefs/Objects/Practices/Rituals
- Possession
- Poverty
- Murder (mentioned)
- Mutilation (mentioned)
- Racism
- Rape (mentioned)
- SC Death
- Slave Labor via Human Trafficking
- Supernatural horror and violence
- Torture (mentioned)
- Victim blaming
- Violence against women (mentioned)
Representation
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- Mexican Mother MC
- Mexican-American Daughters MC
- Indigenous Nahuatl (Aztec) Female MC
- Indigenous Nahuatl (Aztec) Male MC
- Catholic Priest Male MC
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