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A review by jmatkinson1
The Vanishing by Sophia Tobin
5.0
Foundling Annaleigh has been forced to leave London and goes into service at a house in Yorkshire. When she arrives at White Windows she is befriended by her mistress Hester but the reaction of Hester's brother Marcus is odd. Although Annaleigh makes friends in the local village, events at the house become more and more concerning, particularly when the master holds a party which descends into a debacle. Annaleigh tries to leave but she finds herself falling deeper into a web that she cannot find an escape from.
Initially this book reads like a take on Jane Eyre with the orphan moving to the wilds of Yorkshire to work for a rich and strange employer. However this novel takes a huge turn and becomes a tale of gothic menace, our heroine being trapped, drugged and abused. Finally it becomes a revenge story, however at each turn in the plot I was completely engrossed. Tobin has created something that reads like the best of 19th century fiction all rolled into one but with a knowing modern slant.
Initially this book reads like a take on Jane Eyre with the orphan moving to the wilds of Yorkshire to work for a rich and strange employer. However this novel takes a huge turn and becomes a tale of gothic menace, our heroine being trapped, drugged and abused. Finally it becomes a revenge story, however at each turn in the plot I was completely engrossed. Tobin has created something that reads like the best of 19th century fiction all rolled into one but with a knowing modern slant.