


London, 1873 & Madeleine Brewster's marriage to Dr Lucius Everley is hastily arranged to assuage the tide of rejection & ill-feeling from their neighbours. Ever since Maddie's older sister left home under a cloud of suspicion, the Brewsters have been ostracised & Maddie's marriage is their passport back to respectability but it means Maddie moving to London far from her family to where she knows no-one. (continued)
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I read this one as I received the sequel as an ARC, so wanted to get an idea of the story. I would say that you really do need to read this one first, there's a lot going on. It was a very dark, almost gothic, read with a possible haunting & furtive servants. The narrative alternates between Maddie's early marriage & scenes from the court case.
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TWs: death of a child, death of a parent, animal death, misogyny, & gaslighting.
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Read 15th-17th May 2025
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