3.49 AVERAGE


Julia recently lost her adoptive parents, and now her husband has been murdered. Things take a turn when she learns she has inherited a Tuscan villa worth millions from an Emilia Rossi. She has never heard of Emilia, so she travels to Tuscany to see if she can solve the mystery. Julia was not prepared for what she would find… 
 
Well this book took a turn I was not expecting! I loved that Julia lived in Philly, and of course the Tuscan scenery was fantastic. Though what Julia was facing in Tuscany was certainly not the relaxing Italian vacation anyone would wish for. There was so much happening in this book and it kept me on my toes as the story went on! While the story was a bit off the rails at times, the ghosts and mystery around Emilia kept me on my toes and I really enjoyed every second! 
 
Thank you to @grandcentralpub for my gifted copy of this book! 
emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was such an interesting and complex story with some supernatural elements adding to the dimension.  Some really well-rounded characters and well-timed plot twists kept me interested the whole way through.

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Fascinating psychological thriller set in Tuscany. Don't read anything about it before dipping in.
dark 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: Yes

extremely boring and predictable with a number of plot holes
dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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: No
fast-paced
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No

There were some really good parts to this book. There were also areas where it felt like the author took it a touch too far. There were also narration was fantastic and elevated the book to 4.5
mysterious