#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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"How do you fight a thing that believes it owns you? How do you fight the past? With gold leaves and salt? With silence? With new earth beneath your feet? With the bodies, the hearts of others? With hearts that are tender and bloody, but have thorns of their own? With the family that chooses you?"

x. "The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina", Zoraida Córdova

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

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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

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Ok so I have some book recs (reader's advisory is also part of my job as a library tech). Book recs: Sourdough by Robin Sloan, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez, and The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova. I have more recs lmk if you want something more specific. Also, I added you on StoryGraph 😄

Omg hey fellow library tech! We should talk!

Thank you thank you thank you, I’ll put these on my TBR—I work with a lot of teenagers and a LOT of older adults, so I like this variety!

You’re the best, mwah 💋

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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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Nine or so people you want to get to know better!

I was tagged by the lovely Anna! @joaquinwhorres

Last song: Evergreen by PVRIS. so stoked for their new album coming out especially based on all the singles they've put out

Currently Watching: Nothing really 🙃I don't have any kids, but sometimes you just gotta watch Bluey (also since Ted Lasso is over, I get you Anna)

Currently Reading: I'm trying (keyword: trying) to read Lessons in Chemistry and The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

Latest obsession: if it's not obvious enough, the absolute love of my life, himbo of my heart, Jamie Tartt 🥰

I'm tagging anyone who wants to do this!

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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina | Zoraida Córdova

A story filled with ghosts, magic, starlight, toxic love, a dysfunctional family with secrets, and a zombie rooster named Gabo! This was an epic fantasy about a family who receives magic as their inheritance when their grandmother invites them to her funeral. However, seven years later, the magic has come with a cost - someone is beginning to pick off members of the Montoyas family one by one. 

With bravery and determination, the family has to push away their differences and band together to find out the history and secrets of their grandmother - Orquídea Divina - if they wish to fight back against this unknown enemy.  

When I was reading this book, I most definitely thought of the movie Encanto but if it was made for adults. Although I loved the book as a whole, I would just say I would've preferred if the ending of the book was a little bit more flushed out. (What can I say - I wanted to know more about how the family was doing after everything they learned and experienced!) But other than that, I had a magical time reading the story and learning more about the past of Orquídea Divina and her upbringing in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and how the choices she has made in the past have come back to haunt her and her family.  

My Rating: 5/5

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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 💙