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This is hard to review because the book does not match the synopsis. I would not describe this as dark academia or Gothic. It was pretty cosy and light for a book about grave robbing.

There were several elements fighting for time which meant nothing got explored. It made the book feel YA even though it's not.

It's a fun story if you enjoy light queer historical romance.

Thanks to #NetGalley for the #ARC

I‘m reading this with my online book club. The theme is a spooky story.

I'm not much into horror movies or stories, but I'll read a few a of these short stories written by female authors. Included here are some by authors not usually associated with the horror genre, such as Louisa May Alcott and Edith Wharton.

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A spectacular short horror frenzy! Don't cut your teeth on this one if you're not used to the genre. It was the perfect blend of disgusting, horrific, and diabolical. It was genius.

Small spoiler trigger warning in the comments, but it might be a deal breaker for some readers.

#Read2025

Finished in one sitting Thursday night at Silent Book Club & have to give it a pick although it was more satire & gleeful gore than creepy horror. Governess Winifred Notty is quite a character & the title becomes more than apt when she starts working for the Pounds family. Not for the squeamish, the gyro I picked up for my dinner sat untouched once I got into the story. 😱 I liked the twist & turns & very dark humor of this quick read.

Continuing the gothic horror vibes after What Moves the Dead with Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito.

"Bonkers" is a good adjective for this shortish novel. "Brutal" and "bizarre" also come to mind, as do some words that don't start with B, like "fun," "propulsive," and "gory." Quite an apt choice for spooky month.

Coincidentally, I'm also re-reading The Shining right now, so for a brief period, I was simultaneously reading two novels with main characters named Winifred (two quite different Winifreds).

Getting in the spirit of the season, with a seasonal spiced pumpkin cider, a seasonal book, a year-round cat begging for my attention, and badgers and wolverines battling it out (college football) in the background. (And a spouse who keeps interrupting me to say, "Whoa! Look at this! Look at how spread out they are across the field! I totally thought he would have gotten more yards." I might have to go hide.)

Posting a book review at this moment in time feels stupid and pointless, but I finished a book today, so here we are.

This was crazy, unhinged, and, yes, psycho!

I giggled several times (is there something wrong with me??) during this short, well-narrated audiobook.

How do you even review a book like this? Part of me feels that the less you know going in, the better. The title acts as a trigger warning, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor a couple of times because things did get, for lack of a better word, psychotic.

It caught my eye at the book store and the quirky chapter headings sold me completely (my favourite being "XXVI. Is Fraught with Some Danger, but for Whom, the Reader Must Determine.")