#inheritance of orquídea divina

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Title: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

Author: Zoraida Córdova

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, fantasy, magical realism, horror, paranormal, contemporary

Blurb: The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their home in Four Rivers, even for graduations, weddings, or baptisms...but when Orquídea Divina invites them to her funeral and to collect their inheritance, they hope to learn the secrets that she has held onto so tightly their whole lives. Instead, Orquídea is transformed, leaving them with more questions than answers. Seven years later, her gifts have manifested in different ways for Marimar, Rey, and Tatinelly’s daughter Rhiannon, granting them unexpected blessings...but soon, a hidden figure begins to tear through their family tree, picking them off one by one as it seeks to destroy Orquídea’s line. Determined to save what’s left of their family and uncover the truth behind their inheritance, the four descendants travel to Ecuador...to the place where Orquídea buried her secrets and broken promises and never looked back.

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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina - magical realism horror

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their home in Four Rivers—even for graduations, weddings, or baptisms. But when Orquídea Divina invites them to her funeral and to collect their inheritance, they hope to learn the secrets that she has held onto so tightly their whole lives. Instead, Orquídea is transformed, leaving them with more questions than answers.

Seven years later, her gifts have manifested in different ways for Marimar, Rey, and Tatinelly’s daughter, Rhiannon, granting them unexpected blessings. But soon, a hidden figure begins to tear through their family tree, picking them off one by one as it seeks to destroy Orquídea’s line. Determined to save what’s left of their family and uncover the truth behind their inheritance, the four descendants travel to Ecuador—to the place where Orquídea buried her secrets and broken promises and never looked back.

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Book review - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

This is a magical realism/fantasy book that centers around the mysterious matriarch of a large family when she summons them to her funeral to collect their inheritance. Born in Ecuador, Orquídea Divina travels on foot with her second husband and Garbo the rooster to Four Rivers, Texas, escaping someone or something she will not tell anyone about. Four Rivers has been barren of any rivers since the 1800s, and is a decaying almost-ghost town. Yet,   Orquídea senses that there is a faint pulse of magic there. Overnight, the house she will live in the rest of her life appears, and its portion of the valley flourishes with life. Everything Orquídea needs seems to appear, to the consternation of the locals who start suspecting she is a witch. But however prosperous she and the valley appear, there is a streak of bad luck that follows. Each of the four husbands she has in Four Rivers dies, as do many of her children. And  Orquídea cannot talk about certain things or leave the protection of her property. 

As the years pass, all of Orquídea‘s remaining children and grandchildren leave the valley. Frustrated by her evasiveness about her past, her warnings without explanations, and her seemingly bizarre behavior, most of them become estranged from her. But one day, all Orquídea ‘s relatives receive an invitation to her funeral. Interested in the prospect of an inheritance, they all come. They are shocked to find that the house and valley has entered into a state of decay. Thick vines initially prevent them from entering the house. When they finally get in, Orquídea is transforming into a tree.

Orquídea leaves the house and valley to one of her granddaughters, Marimar. Everyone else gets magical seeds, to be planted immediately for their own protection. When she “dies,” the family prospers for several years. Then, one by one, something seems to go after them and kills them off. Cousins Marimar, Rey, and Tatinelly decide to travel to Ecuador to try and discover Orquídea’s secrets and what they have to protect themselves from.

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I’d give this book 5/10 stars. There were some things I really liked about it, and other things I found frustrating. It started pretty slow and it was hard to connect with the characters at first. Then the pace of the book and the characterization of the family later improved. As far as the writing goes, some parts were really whimsical and other parts were unnecessarily crude. The storyline as a whole was very creative, but there were some small things that were either left unfinished, or didn't resolve in a way that made sense to me.

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Zoraida Córdova: A Writer of Magical Mayhem and Family & Destiny

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Zoraida Córdova is a literary powerhouse whose stories blend magical realism, Latinx culture, and the complexities of family relationships. Whether through fantastical realms or deeply personal journeys, Córdova weaves a tapestry of magic, identity, and legacy in her novels. Today, we’re spotlighting four books from her impressive catalog that showcase her talent for creating immersive worlds and…

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MY LIFE THROUGH SACRIFICE: I MISS YOU, I MISS YOU, I LOVE YOU

for @womenofpandoraweek day 3: life & death

Avatar (2009) | Thirst, Marina Yuszczuk | Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) | “Water,” golda may | The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina, Zoraida Córdova

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Hi Rachel!! 💖 For book recs: I'm looking for books similar to Among Others, especially the world building aspect of it. Looking for atmospheric and thoughtful "urban" fantasies.

ooohhhh i got you!

the wild hunt by emma seckel (adult)

tam lin by pamela dean (adult)

ink blood sister scribe emma törzs (adult)

fire and hemlock by diana wynne jones (adult)

when among crows by veronica roth (adult)

the inheritance of orquídea divina by zoraida córdova (adult)

the rules of magic by alice hoffman (adult)

the left-handed booksellers of london by garth nix (ya)

the hazel wood by melissa albert (ya)

a study in drowning by ava reid (ya)

a far wilder magic by allison saft (ya)

ghost wood song by erica waters (ya)

the ghosts of rose hill by rm romero (ya)

the coming storm by regina m hansen (mg)

the grey king by susan cooper (mg)

small spaces by katherine arden (mg)

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I NEED HELP!

I am currently packing for my trip to London tomorrow and can’t decide which of these books to take with me to read at the airport/on the plane.

Links to the goodreads descriptions:

How I'll Kill You by Ren DeStefano

Angels Before Man by Rafael Nicolás

When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya Mcqueen

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

Beloved by Toni Morrison

[beingstacey]

Tag nine (9) people you'd like to know better

I was tagged by @carpe-mamilia Thank you <3

Last song: November by Gabrielle Aplin (I've liked her for a long time but I've been really into her again lately, I love the English Rain album).

Currently watching: Randal and Hopkirk (Deceased), Im watching on itvX. I found out there was an episode I'd never seen. (Episode 17).

Currently reading: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova.

Current obsession: Making beaded bracelets. I've made a few hundred over the summer.

I lowkey tag: @amazingstacey @catamelon @bethanyactually @jenndoesnotcare @livesbetweenpages and anyone who wants to do this and say I tagged them :)

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Imagine you get a letter with no postage from your grandmother saying she’s dying and you need to come back to the family home for her funeral. You get there and the entrance is blocked by vines. You ask the house nicely to let you in and when you get inside your grandmother is actively turning into a tree

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2, 11, 17

Thanks for the ask! 💙

2. Did you reread anything? What?

Oh, so much. I already mentioned two of the books when I talked about my favourite books. I also reread the three first books in the Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons (and then finally finished the series 💫), Ravensong and Heartsong by TJ Klune, book one through three of the CIty of Spires series by Claudie Arseneault (also to finish the series 😅), a few more first books in series and a few romance books.

11. What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?

Pretty much all the Discworld books I read this year, my favorites of those were Hogfather, Feet of Clay and Men at Arms

17. Did any books surprise you with how good they were?

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson because there isn't a lot of young adult fiction that impresses me anymore these days. Also I'm always surprised when a book that is obviously inspired by another book (Carrie in this case) works much better for me than the original 😅

Also, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova because I expected it to be young adult magical realism, but it was adult and it was so good.

Send me end-of-year book asks 💙

[booksnmagic]

booksnmagic’s year in review: 2023 edition

2024 goal: 20 books (Red String Theory by Lauren Kung Jessen)

2024 total book count: 83

favorite book: The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce (special mentions: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross, The Seven Year Slip and The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams, Funny Story by Emily Henry, The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary, Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young, The Girl In Question by Tess Sharpe, Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers, The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore, Business Casual by B. K. Borison, Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova, Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio, Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang, Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and mily Wilde’s Map to the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett, A Lively Midwinter Murder by Katy Watson, This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, A Risk Worth Taking by Jessica Joyce, What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez,Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur, Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage)

least favorite: The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

monthly breakdown under the cut:

january (4 books)

Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross — 5★ (jan 2 - jan 7)

Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment #2) by Rebecca Ross — 5★ (jan 9 - jan 14)

The Atlas Complex (The Atlas #3) by Olivie Blake — 3★ (jan 15 - jan 21)

Valley Verified by Kyla Zhao — 4★ (jan 26 - jan 28)

february (4 books)

The Breakup Tour by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka — 3★ (feb 2 - feb 5)

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston — 5★ (feb 8 - feb 11)

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston — 5★ (feb 14 - feb 18)

Love From Scratch by Kaitlyn Hill — 3.75★ (feb 22 - feb 26)

march (5 books)

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes — 4.5★ (mar 2 - mar 5)

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell — 3★ (mar 7 - mar 9)

Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes — 5★ (mar 10 - mar 14)

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams — 5★ (mar 18 - mar 23)

Cover Story (Stars Collide #2) by Rachel Lacey — 4★ (mar 26 - mar 30)

april (5 books)

The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties (Aunties #3) by Jesse Q. Sutanto — 4★ (apr 1 - apr 4)

The Road Trip (The Road Trip #1) **by Beth O’Leary — 4.5★ (apr 6 - apr 9)

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young — 5★ (apr 12 - apr 16)

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo — 5★ (apr 16 - apr 19)

Funny Story by Emily Henry — 4.75★ (apr 23 - apr 27)

may (7 books)

The Return Journeys (The Road Trip #1.5) by Beth O’Leary — 4★ (may 1)

Red String Theory by Lauren Kung Jessen — 5★ (may 1 - may 3)

Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen — 4.5★ (may 6 - may 9)

The Switch by Beth O’Leary — 3.5★ (may 10 - may 13)

The Girl In Question (The Girls I’ve Been #2) by Tess Sharpe — 5★ (may 13 - may 16)

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren — 4★ (may 17 - may 19)

The Dixon Rule (Campus Diaries #2) by Elle Kennedy — 4★ (may 20 - may 23)

june (7 books)

But How Are You, Really by Ella Dawson — 4★ (jun 4 - jun 6)

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers — 5★ (jun 9 - jun 11)

We Got The Beat by Jenna Miller — 4.5★ (jun 12 - jun 14)

Hotel Queens by Lee Winter — 3★ (jun 16 - jun 19)

Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond — 4★ (jun 20 - jun 22)

The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett — 3.5★ (jun 23 - jun 25)

Out Of The Blue by Rachel Lacey — 3.5★ (jun 27)

july (9 books)

youthjuice by E. K. Sathue — 3★ (jul 1 - jul 3)

The Villain Edit by Laurie Devore — 4★ (jul 4 - jul 6)

Margo’s Got Money Problems by Rufi Thorpe — 3.5★ (jul 7 - jul 10)

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston — 5★ (jul 11 - jul 14)

Savor It by Tarah DeWitt — 3.5★ (jul 16 - jul 19)

Business Casual (Lovelight #4) by B. K. Borison — 5★ (jul 20 - jul 22)

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors — 5★ (jul 23 - jul 25)

Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage — 3★ (jul 26 - jul 29)

Swift and Saddled (Rebel Blue Ranch #2) by Lyla Sage — 4★ (jul 30 - jul 31)

august (9 books)

Done and Dusted: Bonus Chapter (Rebel Blue Ranch #1.1) by Lyla Sage — 4★ (aug 1)

The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce — 5★ (aug 1 - aug 4)

You, With a View (You, With a View #1) by Jessica Joyce — 5★ (aug 5 - aug 9)

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston — 4.5★ (aug 10 - aug 14)

Five Times Theo Spencer Thought About Loving Noelle Shepard (You, With a View #1.1) by Jessica Joyce — 5★ (aug 14)

Hera by Jennifer Saint — 4★ (aug 14 - aug 17)

The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-García — 4★ (aug 18 - aug 20)

We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft — 3.5★ (aug 21 - aug 23)

You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto — 3.75★ (aug 25 - aug 27)

september (7 books)

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter — 3.75★ (sept 2 - sept 5)

All Roads Lead to Rome by Sabrina Fedel — 3★ (sept 6 - sept 12)

Vilest Things (Flesh and False Gods #2) by Chloe Gong — 5★ (sept 12 - sept 15)

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center — 2.5★ (sept 16 - sept 18)

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-García — 4★ (sept 19 - sept 21)

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova — 4.5★ (sept 22 - sept 2)

Guava and Grudges by Alexis Castellanos — 4★ (sept 26 - sept 28)

october (10 books)

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison — 4★ (oct 1 - oct 3)

Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley — 5★ (oct 3 - oct 6)

Graveyard Shift by M. L. Rio — 4.75★ (oct 7)

La Petite Mort by Olivie Blake — 3.75★ (oct 8 - oct 9)

The Daughter of Doctor Moureau by Silvia Moreno-García — 3.25★ (oct 10 - oct 12)

Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang — 5★ (oct 13 - oct 14)

Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne — 4.5★ (oct 15 - oct 18)

What the Hex by Alexis Daria — 4★ (oct 19)

Lucy Undying by Kiersten White — 3.5★ (oct 21 - oct 25)

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology by Various Authors — 3.75★ (oct 27 - oct 29)

november (8 books)

Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal by Olivie Blake — 4.5★ (nov 1 - nov 5)

Lost and Lassoed (Rebel Blue Ranch #3) by Lyla Sage — 4.5★ (nov 5 - nov 8)

Triple Sec by T. J. Alexander — 4★ (nov 9 - nov 11)

My Lucky Star by Enni Amanda — 2.5★ (nov 13 - nov 16)

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett — 4★ (nov 16 - nov 18)

Emily Wilde’s Map to the Otherlands (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett — 4.5★ (nov 18 - nov 23)

Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur — 5★ (nov 23 - nov 26)

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava — 3.75★ (nov 27 - nov 30)

december (8 books)

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone — 4.5★ (dec 1 - dec 2)

Seven Lively Suspects (Three Dahlias Mysteries #3) by Katy Watson — 5★ (dec 5 - dec 8)

Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous by Gillian Anderson — 3★ (dec 8 - dec 13)

Baggage Claim (Aspen Peaks #1) by Juliana Smith — 2.75★ (dec 13 - dec 15)

Snowed Under (Aspen Peaks #2) by Juliana Smith — 4★ (dec 16 - dec 20)

A Lively Midwinter Murder (Three Dahlias Mysteries #4) by Katy Watson — 5★ (dec 20 - dec 22)

A Risk Worth Taking by Jessica Joyce — 5★ (dec 24)

What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile #1) by Isabel Ibañez — 4.5★ (dec 27 - dec 29)

[destinimott]

I'm learning to become a better reader. I have this great book I'm reading. Inheritance of orchidea divina. The story focuses on the Montoyas, a family who is used to not asking questions about their good fortune and mysterious matriarch until Orquídea's death leads to a magical transformation that leaves her descendants with a target on their backs

I would like to start a book club. So I'm learning about reading before I begin one. I want to be prepared for the reading.

[mywilnetlouiserobinson]

"The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina," by THE Zoraida Córdova

My Very Goid Acquaintance Friend Robert Alvarez-The Psychic Witch is reading a small portion of this very interesting fascinating novel 😀 please join him...Thanks much 😀

[thetarotman]

"The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina," by THE Zoraida Córdova