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Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles
5.0
I am a huge fan of anything Gothic, whether the genre is romance, horror, mystery, or other. The aesthetic, the sense of foreboding, the archetypes, the supernatural, and the often creepy, crumbly homes and mansions provide the perfect atmosphere for lovers of scary and uncanny.
Donyae Coles has found a perfect niche with this novel. Orabella has been taken for a wife and the estate where her new husband takes her is disturbing, dark, and peculiar. She constantly wonders whether she's dreaming or if her experiences are real.
We bring our own ideas to the stories we read, and I wondered if Coles had some inspiration from the myths and legends of the Unseelie Court. The world Orabella enters when she joins the Blakersby family is split between the few remaining well-kept areas of the manor and those where nature is overcoming. The spirits, or perhaps fairies, inhabit that realm, leading to an increasing otherworldliness that keeps the reader turning the pages, captivated.
No, there are no "official" answers here, and that's okay. Read your own conclusions into the story and take from it the woozy, dreamy emotions that it leaves you with. It's lovely, lovely work.
Donyae Coles has found a perfect niche with this novel. Orabella has been taken for a wife and the estate where her new husband takes her is disturbing, dark, and peculiar. She constantly wonders whether she's dreaming or if her experiences are real.
We bring our own ideas to the stories we read, and I wondered if Coles had some inspiration from the myths and legends of the Unseelie Court. The world Orabella enters when she joins the Blakersby family is split between the few remaining well-kept areas of the manor and those where nature is overcoming. The spirits, or perhaps fairies, inhabit that realm, leading to an increasing otherworldliness that keeps the reader turning the pages, captivated.
No, there are no "official" answers here, and that's okay. Read your own conclusions into the story and take from it the woozy, dreamy emotions that it leaves you with. It's lovely, lovely work.