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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
"I think a lot of us imagine that we're right in our own way, no matter if it hurts another."
EJ Dawson, Behind The Veil
🔮 If you could commune with the dead would you consider it a gift or a curse?
🖤After reading Behind The Veil by @ejdawsonauthor I'm not sure it would be a gift I would want. This 1920's gothic thriller stars Letitia Hawking, a clairvoyant who looks beyond the veil of death for memories to share with the loved ones of those who have passed from this life. She uses her psychic gifts to help families heal from their loss in a way she feels she never will. When a bossy lawyer, Mr. Driscoll, enters her carefully cultivated life with a mysterious challenge she is thrust into an uncertain future that threatens to pull her back into her past.
This story was everything I hope for in a spooky paranormal historical fiction. From the imagery of Letitia's reading room to the dark, haunted cellar of the evil spirit, EJ Dawson weaves a delicate web of intrigue and atmosphere that makes you want to turn on an extra lamp. I enjoyed the slow burn romance and the layered reveal of the spirits and the men and women intertwined with them. It was like an intense chess game with each party holding their secrets close until the last moment.
I love this book and give it 5 stars for storytelling, dark aesthetics, witchy vibes, spookiness, mystery, romance, and characters. If you enjoyed Stalking Jack The Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, or The Night Circus this book is for you!
EJ Dawson, Behind The Veil
🔮 If you could commune with the dead would you consider it a gift or a curse?
🖤After reading Behind The Veil by @ejdawsonauthor I'm not sure it would be a gift I would want. This 1920's gothic thriller stars Letitia Hawking, a clairvoyant who looks beyond the veil of death for memories to share with the loved ones of those who have passed from this life. She uses her psychic gifts to help families heal from their loss in a way she feels she never will. When a bossy lawyer, Mr. Driscoll, enters her carefully cultivated life with a mysterious challenge she is thrust into an uncertain future that threatens to pull her back into her past.
This story was everything I hope for in a spooky paranormal historical fiction. From the imagery of Letitia's reading room to the dark, haunted cellar of the evil spirit, EJ Dawson weaves a delicate web of intrigue and atmosphere that makes you want to turn on an extra lamp. I enjoyed the slow burn romance and the layered reveal of the spirits and the men and women intertwined with them. It was like an intense chess game with each party holding their secrets close until the last moment.
I love this book and give it 5 stars for storytelling, dark aesthetics, witchy vibes, spookiness, mystery, romance, and characters. If you enjoyed Stalking Jack The Ripper, Sherlock Holmes, or The Night Circus this book is for you!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Torture, Stalking, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Murder
Minor: Violence
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