The Possession of Alba DÃ-AZ

By Isabel Cañas

Book Overview

When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn't trust...from bestselling author Isabel Ca as. In 1765, plague sweeps... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1837866325
• ISBN13: 9781837866328
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Solaris

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and creepy

The writing, the writing, the writing. The story. It’s all so good creepy and lovely.

Haunting and heartbreaking

Well, this is a great book to get you into the spirit of Halloween and horror! It has it all with the creepy mines where you can hear a baby cry, the dangers of mercury poisoning that takes your mind in the end and oh yeah, a bit of demonic possession! The prose is haunting and vivid and by the end, quite gory. It paints a dark picture of the small town attached to the silver mine where it all started and I could see it all! Tied with the demonic possession of Alba, is also a message of her desire for freedom of her own body and to choose her future. It is a great foil against the story as, although she chose who her fiancé would be (via blackmail), it was not for her happiness. and at almost every turn, someone kept trying to trap Alba into an ever shrinking world. I think that is what struck me the hardest and was so heartbreaking. From her parents, her fiancé Carlos, to the demon inside her and the priests brought in to quell the idolatry of the town and exorcise her. On the other hand there is Elías, also tormented by the heritage of his father, pressured by family who doesn't love him, and also being poisoned by the mercury he uses to keep the mine active. Both he and Alba deserve far better than what happens to them! I loved that together they could fight the demon and their families and I will admit, despite the horror of the end scene, I found I could not blame those two for their actions and felt it was the ending they all deserved for what they did to both Alba and Elías. Yes, it is a dark story but I really liked it, from the setting to the rich history of that time in Mexico with its mines, religion. and folklore. I am glad I got the chance to read this.