You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom PREORDER
You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom PREORDER
Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family.
When Papi Ramon, the patriarch of the wealthy Abreu family dies, he gives the family one last message in the will: “One of you is el bacà, the demon that I made a deal with. Get rid of them or you will be damned.” Xiomara, the uncontested favorite of Papi Ramon (and therefore the least liked in the family), watches as everyone dismisses this as the joke of a senile old man and demands the lawyer obtain the previous will Papi wrote.
While the lawyer drives back to his office, a storm breaks out, forcing the entire family—Xiomara’s aunts and uncles and cousins—to remain in the house. And the words of Papi’s will hangs over their heads even heavier than the rain clouds. Over the course of the night, scandal after scandal is revealed to the public about the family. Suddenly a tense few hours of surviving her family turns into a vicious night of recrimination, violence, accusations…and murder.
Xiomara is faced with an impossible task: uproot a demon and somehow kill it or excise the ghosts that linger within her own family.
And the clock is ticking...
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The below review was from when I read this as an arc before the publishing date. This book was so good, that I had to buy it as soon as it was available.
This story is going to stay with me for a VERY long time. Which is why I'm giving it five stars. I truly loved this book, and I intend to tell every horror lover I know about it. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit nervous about this book. I wasn't a fan of Vincent's "We Came to Welcome You" which I had just finished reading for horror book club right before starting this, and it had me worried that I'd end up disliking this as well. But I'm so glad I gave their story the chance it deserved. The tone of this novel comes off as a very unique mix between "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "How to Survive a Haunted House" without seeming too similar. This story definitely does its own thing.
I really thought I knew how the ending would turn out, but this story honestly kept me on my toes the entire time. The vibes are eery, and the characters were fairly easy to keep up with. There's gore but it wasn't super detailed, so this is a good read for gentle and extreme horror readers alike. To all the people out there with awful and/or dysfunctional families, this books will scream "I'm not saying what they did was right or wrong. I'm just saying I understand." IYKYK. I would also like to shout out the very end of the unapologetic acknowledgments. Y'ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO THEIR MOM. I am also absolutely in love with the cover art/ illustration. This cover had me in a chokehold and ultimately made me decide to give Vincent's work a second chance. I will for sure be buying a copy when this gets released.
Thank you to NetGalley, William Morrow, and Vincent Tirado for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.