Portero writes with a style that has been described as "ferocious" and lyrical. She mixes colloquial Madrid slang with high literary prose. The voice is raw, emotional, and unapologetically honest. It reads like a confession or a memoir, blurring the lines between fiction and autobiography.
Read La mala costumbre if you are tired of sanitized queer stories told from a gentrified perspective. Read it if you want to understand how class and gender intersect in the dirt and blood of real life. Read it if you have a "bad habit" of your own—the habit of hiding, of hurting, or of believing you don’t deserve love. La mala costumbre - Alana S. Portero.epub