Echoes of Grace

Guadalupe gave me an ARC of this book, and I read it in one weekend. It's been a long time since I was so engaged with a story. I appreciate the gothic elements in the book, a reflection of Guadalupe's decades-long vocation teaching literature. She also offers a new spin on those elements. Echoes of......more

This book was a mess, I'm sorry. It started out shocking but strong and on paper has everything I like: a main character who sees dead people, has visions, and is trying to solve the mystery of her murdered mother. What really threw me is a spoiler (so this review is marked as such) because it’s par......more

This book was devastating and haunting all at once. It was not an easy read, emotionally, and comes with a lot of trigger warnings. A southern gothic feel touched with Hispanic mythology, a MC who sees ghosts and "echoes" (which are described as other's memories from the past), this is a moody, emot......more

when I read a book, I can usually guess what rating I’m going to give it about halfway through. there aren’t many things that can change my mind about the rating, but I usually keep my mind open. echoes of grace feels like two different books shoved into one. for the most part, I found it mediocre, b......more

The book starts with a lot of potential. The premise is strong, and the first half of the book is riveting enough. However, it loses focus midway and starts meandering. The focus shifts from the "echoes" that Grace has and her relationship with Mercy to a jumbled mess of relationships that Grace sha......more