[1][2] Bárbara Mujica is an Emeritus Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University whose scholarly focus includes Teresa of Ávila and other early modern women.

"[6] Publishers Weekly writes that Mujica "presents Teresa as a very human saint-in-the-making: by turns coquettish, self-loathing, desperately ill, politically masterful, blisteringly witty and, above all, God-obsessed.

The eroticism and lesbianism are laid on rather thickly and the abundance of late 20th-century colloquialisms (e.g., "bullshit," "swishy," "stickler for detail") are distracting; nor is Teresa's feminism believable.

"[8] In a review for the Washingtonian, Emily Bratcher writes, "Angelica's comfortable, honest voice makes it easy to relate to this intimate novel's central themes: a siblinglike love-hate relationship, forbidden sexual attraction, the struggle to find and keep faith, and the miracle of salvation.

[10] A review by Shari Barett for Broadway World describes the play as "a bold, sexy and humanizing portrait of the 16th century mystic who became one of the most controversial reformers of the Catholic Church.