Piñata centres around Carmen and her daughters, Luna & Izel, who come to Mexico for Carmen's job, as a lead architect. During her current renovation project, an ancient tomb is uncovered, and from then on, things get gradually worse for Carmen. 

At it's core, Piñata is a story about possession but Gout integrates Mexican culture and historical elements, which worked so well. It is a slow burn, but this allowed for great character development and builds tension, especially in the first half of the book. It took a while to really get to the core story, but I felt like the pacing really got me more invested in the characters, but I would say it may require patience. The Mexican mythology was so fascinating to learn about and I would love to see either artwork of scenes in this novel or to see it adapted, because I think it would be really creepy (I'll never see moths the same way again).