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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
5.0
When Isabel arrives in rural Scotland with her husband Alexander, the doctor for the new water works going being built, she’s immediately taken in with the enchantment of the otherworldliness of it all. Isabel loves the freedom of walking in the wilderness. She finds friends among the locals, including a mysterious Robert Kirke. Robert appears out of nowhere, always ready to walk with Isabel. No one knows who he is or where he’s come from. Isabel thinks he smells like autumn, but it’s summer.
Isabel has lost 8 children before birth and no one can figure out why. She believes she is done trying to have a baby. But when her husband has an accident and they become closer, she once again finds herself pregnant.
One day Robert asks Islabel to walk to his home town, some hours away. When they arrive Isabel realizes something isn’t quite right: she sees Robert’s grave - from two hundred years ago…
Steeped in Scottish folklore, The Ninth Child, will take you back in time on a wild chase through the Scottish highlands. An expertly crafted novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat (I actually read this in a day, I just had to know) turning pages well into the night.
Isabel has lost 8 children before birth and no one can figure out why. She believes she is done trying to have a baby. But when her husband has an accident and they become closer, she once again finds herself pregnant.
One day Robert asks Islabel to walk to his home town, some hours away. When they arrive Isabel realizes something isn’t quite right: she sees Robert’s grave - from two hundred years ago…
Steeped in Scottish folklore, The Ninth Child, will take you back in time on a wild chase through the Scottish highlands. An expertly crafted novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat (I actually read this in a day, I just had to know) turning pages well into the night.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
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