I haven’t read a Gothic novel in ages and this one satisfies. A Mexican mash-up of Jane Eyre and Rebecca, it features a young socialite way over her head when she ventures to the mountains to see why her warm and happy cousin is so miserable and confused early in her marriage. 

This features the tropes of the big scary house, the handsome but sinister host, and appearances of half-seen ghosts. But the true ghosts of the story are the natives who died in the silver mines when the English moved in after the revolution that ousted the Spanish. 

I found the fungi lessons intriguing, especially the making of spore prints, though other might not be as interested in mushrooms and the fungi lifestyle. 

Featuring a strong, feisty heroine determined to save her sickly cousin, this is an enjoyable if creepy mystery that keeps you thinking.