the virgin's guide to mexico

"Part bildungs-road novel, part family saga and part identity lit, Martin's third novel is all heart."
--Publisher's Weekly

"Introducing your next summer beach book...fast-paced strangeness gives the novel a fluid, cinematic feel...finally, a guidebook that tells you how to experience the real Mexico."
--Esquire.com

"A portrait of the artist as a young mexicana, and it’s a thrilling one..."
--Bookslut

"Stylistically daring...Alma makes an appealing heroine..."
--Austin American-Statesman

"A multi-dimensional and emotional tale of love, secrets, misunderstandings and modern Mexico..."
--AmoxCalli

"Frenetic, gender-bending, identity-delving..."
--Daily Candy

"One of those works that urges you to read its passages again and again..."
--The Skinny

"Wacky and gripping..."
--San Francisco Bay Guardian

Excerpt reprinted in The Noe Valley Voice

Also reviewed in:
San Francisco Chronicle (06.03.07)
SF Station (04.27.07)
Texas Monthly (05.01.07)
PopSyndicate (04.25.07)