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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
mysterious
tense
Darcy will forever be the queen of ghost stories!
DNF this one at nearly 60%. Just wasn’t for me. Maybe I’ll go back to it later. But it didn’t have enough development and too slow.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
The first half of this book was really slow for me and the FMC was full send panic mode basically the whole book until she had to do the thing that scared her the most. I liked how the curse was broken but was upset her just saying sorry to the other spirits made them stop attacking her and help her. Seemed too easy. This ended too abruptly for all the build up and needed an epilogue for me personally.
Damn, this was pretty good! Well-paced, actually scary and nail-biting, and the plotline was so developed, I think a movie adaptation could easily be made out of it. This is my second read from Coates (and my first one was only a little novella) so I'm really looking forward to reading more from her.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I love Darcy Coates, she is a reliable author that consistently delivers according to expectations. Here, as much as in any of the other novels she's written. In this novel, Margot returns to her childhood home for the funeral of her parents, that she hasn't seen in 30 years. She was forced to move to a grandparent for unknown reasons. Now she's back and she has to decide whether she wants to accept the inheritance of a several hundred year old house, and wine yard, or not. Very quickly she realizes that there is something decidedly spooky about the place. After a first horrifying night, she tries to get the staff to talk about what's going on, but they pretend like everything is alright. And then it truly spirals out of control.
The house and the wineyard is located on gallows hill, and the label of the wine bottles is of the tree where they used hang criminals. The first family to live there disappeared in suspicious circumstances and the brother took over. The local says the place is cursed and refuse to go near. Margot is about to find out exactly how bad the curse is. The pace of the horror is unrelenting and exhausting. I was listening to this alone, late in the evening, and I nearly had a heart attack when the wind outside blew a door open. So this is not for the faint of heart! Otherwise definitely recommended!
The house and the wineyard is located on gallows hill, and the label of the wine bottles is of the tree where they used hang criminals. The first family to live there disappeared in suspicious circumstances and the brother took over. The local says the place is cursed and refuse to go near. Margot is about to find out exactly how bad the curse is. The pace of the horror is unrelenting and exhausting. I was listening to this alone, late in the evening, and I nearly had a heart attack when the wind outside blew a door open. So this is not for the faint of heart! Otherwise definitely recommended!
4.5 stars rounded down. I really enjoyed this! It was scary but not too scary and was very suspenseful. A perfect October read
I liked it! Definitely super creepy. There were some tedious moments for sure, and I found it a bit predictable in the end, but it was enjoyable for me nonetheless.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Marsh. Just...Marsh