Weep, Woman, Weep: A Gothic Fairytale about Ancestral Hauntings by Marie DeBlassie- Review by Lauren West

Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Going into this book I was not sure what to truly expect. It was somewhat an emotional tale, but also one that portrayed hope and beauty in the life we are given. This story was original and heartfelt and you could feel the emotions written word by word on each page. Marie DeBlassie did an amazing job with the way this story was told!
The story is told by Mercy who is a young girl living in a small town in NM. As she tells her story its clearly not a fairy tale, but her everyday life as she has lived it. She is raised in a town where dark skin is frowned upon, Spanish is a forbidden language, and La Llorona (the weeping woman) has a hold on the towns generations of women and once she takes you there is no way back. She is raised by a single mother who she feels secretly fights her depression/unhappiness for Mercy’s sake, and her only friend and best friend is a girl named Sherry (or Sherry baby as she calls her). Her story strongly represents the power of facing your fears, overcoming your doubts, and living your life how you choose.

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