Review: Intriguing!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
This book was really intriguing.  Johanna believed in the La Llorona curse. Her mother tried to drown Johanna and her sister Carmen when they were younger, but ended up drowning herself. Johanna has always been scared the curse will happen to her and her sister, so she keeps everyone at arms length. Johanna has secretly been crushing on the her boss, the high school principal, Ray Vargas. Ray is raising his daughter alone after his wife left him.After a former student is murdered and Johanna is sent a box of books and has some other mysterious things happen to her. The Deputy Sheriff, Ray and Johanna realize that someone is trying to bring the curse to life and Johanna is somehow involved. Ray feels so strongly for Johanna that he can't resist trying to keep her safe.  While trying to find out who is trying to bring the curse to life Johanna and Ray get close.Ray was a stand up guy. He cared for his daughter and took his responsibilities as principal seriously. He refused to get involved with Johanna even though he was attracted to her. Johanna had never had a serious relationship for fear the curse would come true. Johanna didn't want to be like her mother, so she never let a man get close or take care of her so she didn't get hurt. Johanna's sister, Carmen was more like their mother and wanted a man to take care of her, but had a hard time finding a guy.I enjoyed learning about the La Llorona legend. It was interesting learning about another culture and their beliefs. This was well written and kept my attention the whole way through. I thought I had it figured out towards the end, but their was one last twist that I didn't expect. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.I received and ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.  All opinions are my own.*