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When I was little, the Cucuy was a monster used to scare children into behaving. In V‘s story the same holds true because the Cucuy is this millions of years old, hot chick who murders misbehaving, toxic tourist, spring breakers. The thing about Castro‘s stories are that her monsters feel like they are born out of necessity to balance what is wrong. Still makes for an entertaining read. Also, kudos to her because she has a book that just 👇🏼

Beth is at the Happiest Place on Earth with her husband from hell, Mark. Who always berates her in front of their teenage twin girls, always overrides her decisions, and “playfully” shoves her. The twins, I get that no teenagers are easy, but have you ever met a parent and then their kids and thought there goes future asshole adults. After a particularly rough Princess breakfast, Beth leaves to the restroom where she becomes undone by a 👇🏼

What a treat! A few stand outs for me but these are all winners! I‘m from a prairie province in Canada and the last story ‘Good Time in the Badlands‘ really was the perfect ending for me.
I ordered this book by accident but what a happy accident it was. Definitely a pick!

I am very much liking this anthology of vacation horror. This comes from the beginning of the short story, The Cucuy of Cancun. I don‘t know if any of you experienced this when you were younger but when I was bad my mom or grandma would say, “You better behave or the Cucuy is gonna get you!” And at night it was worse because if we were at my grandma‘s house we would have to walk back to our house right next door in the dark. And there was a 👇🏼