pickI just accidentally read this almost all in one go (while nursing my pain at the France v Wales rugby game 😢) and... On the one hand, I can't put my finger on anything I would call out as being particularly good, but at the same time, I just read it in about 2.5 hours, almost without stopping. It cast its own spell.
pickA Gothic tale set in an old country manor in rural England with a cast of characters from a dying age. The lord of the manor is a dominating, colonialist, misogynist who rules the lives of all the women in his employ and his daughter with belittlement and scorn. When the mammal collection is sent to be housed in the manor with a woman to manage it, Hetty Cartwright, sparks will fly. Then she falls for the daughter Lucy.
3/5 Stars.
Gothic novel set during WWII - museum collection evacuated from London to Lockwood Manor. Lucy, suffering from nightmares, knows there is a malevolent presence in the house stalking her.
Perfect book for me!
I randomly picked this one up and I'm not sure how to feel. I only got to read the excerpt and it reads slowly but it has a lot of aspects I'm wanting to read, like the ww2 #historicalfiction and possibly gay vibes?! I haven't seen anyone tag it LGBT but Miss Hetty calling Lucy beautiful? HMMM #animals #bookishfirst #arc
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