Description from Goodreads
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 Cañas.
In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family’s isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and violent convulsions. She senses something cold lurking beneath her skin. Something angry. Something wrong.
Elías, haunted by a troubled past, came to the New World to make his fortune and escape his family’s legacy of greed. Alba, as his cousin’s betrothed, is none of his business. Which is of course why he can’t help but notice her every time she enters a room or the growing tension between them… and why he notices her deteriorate when the demon’s thirst for blood grows stronger.
My Thoughts on the Book
Isabel Cañas' writing style has a way to draw people in into the story, which is a skill not all authors have. There's something about her lyrical prose that I appreciate, and it makes the book come alive. The book explores themes such as autonomy and agency for women, colonialism, and religion, among other things.
It has an eerie vibe to it, set during a plague, and an isolated mine in Mexico, which adds to the gothic atmosphere. While I'm usually not one who's too keen on romance, I think it worked nicely in this case.
Overall, I found The Possession of Alba Díaz a good read and I have no issues recommending it.
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