Craved Mexican Gothic's patriarchal decay and fungal dread? The Year of the Witching by unleashes that same suffocating horror through religious zealotry.
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- Religious fanaticism curdles into supernatural plague
- Heroine defies zealots w/ ancestral witchcraft
- Puritanical purity obsession = feminist takedown
- Slow-burn dread over jump-scare horror
If Mexican Gothic's fungal nightmare taught you that institutional rot festers best in pretty wrappings, prepare for religious purity doctrine to curdle into literal plague. Henderson trades High Place's aristocratic mold for a Puritan theocracy where women's bodies are battlegrounds and ancestral witchcraft becomes the only weapon against patriarchal suffocation. The same atmospheric dread that made you taste spores on your tongue now manifests as cursed woods and forbidden prophecy—intellectually loaded, viscerally unsettling, and utterly uninterested in jump scares.
This isn't Gothic decay transplanted; it's folk horror reclaimed through a Black author's lens on inherited trauma and colonial-era zealotry. Immanuelle shatters oppressive legacies with the same defiant fire Noemí brought to High Place's ruins.
Religious purity doctrine curdles into literal plague, and only witchcraft can stop the rot.
What Readers Are Saying
"Y'all, I was highly anticipating this novel. I have really enjoyed previous works from Moreno-Garcia and the gothic vibes of this are totally my jam. While there is no denying that Moreno-Garcia's writing is lush and captivating, something about the pace of this one was off for me." — megs_bookrack ((struggling to catch up)), Goodreads
"The novel is incredibly atmospheric and masterfully crafted. Moreno-Garcia's innovative approach to the Gothic tradition creates a haunting, unforgettable reading experience." — Melissa ~ Bantering Books, Goodreads
"An atmospheric Gothic horror novel that goes the extra mile with featuring women of color as the protagonists and incorporating race, colonialism, and eugenics as part of the horror. I enjoyed Noemi's flighty and outspoken nature as well; she's easy to root for as she stands her own against the antagonists." — Cindy, Goodreads
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