Reading this in our cosy cottage by the sea 🌊 a storm was howling last night so perfect gothic Victorian fireside reading 📖 however I‘m still waiting for something to “happen” to grip me on page 115 compared to Laura Purcells others I‘m finding this one v v slow 🥱
pickDelightful, Gothic, and just everything I needed it to be. This slim classic is weird and wonderful - I devoured it!
#ARichLife Day 10: Cannot wait to read by the #Fireside again as we spend the December holidays in the Bay Area with family.
pickReally great debut 👍🏻
Mesmerizing prose ~ woman in the attic vibes ~ shapeshifter lore ~ dark romance ~ this covers a lot of ground, and that‘s before we even get to seeing all this through the eyes of a biracial orphan in Victorian England.
I‘ll be looking for more from Coles.
pickFound this and have never read this author and she has a ton of books. Excellent that she mixed science fiction with horror and the research that she did on fungi is excellent. Warnings at the beginning almost stopped me from reading, I just skipped the couple of “Shades of Grey” scenes and it was a great October scary read. Were they necessary?🤔
Excellent narrator, excellent queer, creepy fun. I agree with @shanaqui that the way his family treats neurodivergent Zeb is very distressing but the romance and bizarre twists of the story are terrific. (I guessed a bit, recognizing one authorial influence -- but there was so much more!) I feel like reading the whole thing over in print now.
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.
#litsylove #horror ##shortstories
pickImportant warning: alongside period-typical homophobia and misogyny, the main character has ADHD and people are awful to him for it.
It took me a while to get into this as a consequence, but this evening I sat down and dug in, and loved it. Properly gothic thriller, though. For that I'll say it's a #HauntedShelf recommendation!
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