{"product_id":"mueca-isbn-9798217047574","title":"Muñeca","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1968 Oakland, and Natalia Fuentes has been hearing rumors about the beautiful Violeta Miramontes. The young heiress to Spanish colonial wealth has been left paralyzed by a mysterious illness. But Nati knows a thing or two about witchcraft, and she is certain that this is the work of dark magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArmed with a plan to break the spell and earn a handsome reward, Nati works her way into the house as Violeta’s caretaker, and immediately discovers her suspicions are true. But who cursed Violeta? And why?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs feelings between the two women bloom into romance, Nati grows more and more reckless, and is forced to face her own ghosts— ones she hoped would stay gone forever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRiveting and richly layered, \u003ci\u003eMuñeca \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how far one will go to save the person they love—even if that means damning themselves. Cynthia Gómez fills her debut novel with moments that chill your bones and warm your heart, a razor-sharp examination of deep-rooted issues that will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.\"Filled with longing and desire, \u003ci\u003eMuñeca\u003c\/i\u003e explores the true cost of freedom and the lengths we go to attain it. Cynthia Gómez's writing is utterly hypnotic; from the very beginning, she had me completely under her spell.\" —Monika Kim, author of \u003ci\u003eEyes are the Best Part \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \"What horrifying magnificence! \u003ci\u003eMuñeca \u003c\/i\u003efeels like an iconic classic you somehow missed—like \u003ci\u003eWe Have Always Lived in the Castle\u003c\/i\u003e (if it was horny and intersectional) or \u003ci\u003eRebecca \u003c\/i\u003e(if \u003ci\u003eRebecca \u003c\/i\u003ehad an actual protagonist). I adored it.\" —Sam J. Miller, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlackfish City \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMuñeca \u003c\/i\u003eby Cynthia Gómez is box with shining dangers inside. With captivating and alluring prose, Gómez stuns as a powerful new voice in horror!\" —Cynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eVanishing Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMuñeca \u003c\/i\u003eis the best sort of story: sexy, witchy, sapphic. A class-conscious fairy tale with teeth that I shall carry within my heart for years to come.\" —Johanna van Veen, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood on Her Tongue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMuñeca \u003c\/i\u003etakes the 'one last job' motif and spins it on its head with spells so believable that I can't help but wonder what else Cynthia Gómez knows. A dizzying journey to finding love in spite of the systems that try to confine us. And the doll . . . the doll!\" —Gus Moreno, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Thing Between Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Muñeca is a witchy exploration of love and found family that shows the fierce and rebellious reach of the female body and how profoundly important it is to love. Cynthia Gómez teaches us about gothic romance while taking sharp aim at its patriarchal constraints. I read it in one sitting.\" —Rachel Eve Moulton, author of \u003ci\u003eTantrum \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e “A captivating, dark fairytale of a read wrapped in devastating magic and real life struggles. Tight and lovely, Cynthia Gómezdoes not disappoint.” —Donyae Coles, author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Under the pull of old charms, \u003ci\u003eMuñeca\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, seductive gothic of curses, desire, and the slow decay of colonial wealth. Cynthia Gómez entwines a working-class bruja with dangerous love and inherited power, weaving a story that consumed me—and the doll held me fast in her spell.\" —Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro, author of \u003ci\u003eBochica \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e “Cynthia Gómez weaves real history, terrible magic, and swooning romance into a story that will capture readers like a spell . . . or a spiderweb. \u003ci\u003eMuñeca \u003c\/i\u003eis sure to satisfy Gómez’s longtime fans and win her plenty of new ones.” —Lindsay King-Miller, author of \u003ci\u003eThis is My Body\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Z Word \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Gómez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Nightmare Box and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and a Tin House and VONA alumn whose short fiction has published in \u003ci\u003eFantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, Pseudopod, Nightmare Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous anthologies. She lives in Oakland.","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233411838181,"sku":"NP9798217047574","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217047574.jpg?v=1767733103","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mueca-isbn-9798217047574","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}