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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I absolutely adored this book! It was beautifully atmospheric with the "haunted" house taking on a character role itself. Setting descriptions can make me fall so hard for a book! And the imagery in Starling House/it's writing style played a strong part in it becoming my favorite. The definition of show don't tell is used throughout leaving me wanting to jot down my favorite lines. A perfect blend or real, heartwarming, relatable and spooky. I feel like I was fully the target audience for this book. Strong female main character, loyal protagonist, exceptional setting, interesting conflict, the dark fairytale element??? Perfection.
"After a while the loneliness become so dense and rancid almost like a companion itself"
"This is what it looks like when you swallow all you are hunger. When you want what you can't have. So you bury it like a knife between your ribs"
This book is tied for my favorite read this year with The Cruel Prince. I strongly recommend! And then call me after I want to know what you think..
"After a while the loneliness become so dense and rancid almost like a companion itself"
"This is what it looks like when you swallow all you are hunger. When you want what you can't have. So you bury it like a knife between your ribs"
This book is tied for my favorite read this year with The Cruel Prince. I strongly recommend! And then call me after I want to know what you think..
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.75 ⭐️ I enjoyed this book so much. It’s a fantastic gothic tale that I felt completely immersed in. I loved the writing, the characters and their flaws, the atmosphere created—it was great. This book took me forever to read. I have no clue why. Even though I was enjoying it, I felt like it was easy to put down and not pick up again. Which is totally fine but I wish I could have been sucked in a little more, because I do love a good gothic story and to be transported to that world. Even with that said, I still enjoyed this book immensely.
My one critique of this is the explanation for what was going on seemed a little thrown together. There were so many threads that were hinting at what was going on and I don’t feel like all of them were used.
My one critique of this is the explanation for what was going on seemed a little thrown together. There were so many threads that were hinting at what was going on and I don’t feel like all of them were used.
