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Her Little Flowers
by Shannon Morgan
**Thank you, NetGalley and Kensington Books, for sending me this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.**
As someone who loves gothic mystery/thrillers, I was immediately intrigued by this novel's premise. The main character, Francine, is a middle-aged loner who has shunned most people her entire life. She lives alone in her Elizabethan-era manor, except for occasional tenants she rents out one of the manor's wings to, and... the ghosts.
Francine is rather crotchety, and I can understand if other readers don't warm to her. But I ended up liking her, and most of the other characters, quite a bit. And although part of this novel's plot is that she can't remember her early childhood, once she does start to remember, her personality and behaviour make sense.
This novel has a lot of twists and turns, and I didn't find anything too predictable — I was kept guessing until most of the reveals. And some of those reveals are pretty heavy... But this novel is kept balanced by some lovely wordplay and interspersed with humour. Her Little Flowers is definitely worth reading.
As someone who loves gothic mystery/thrillers, I was immediately intrigued by this novel's premise. The main character, Francine, is a middle-aged loner who has shunned most people her entire life. She lives alone in her Elizabethan-era manor, except for occasional tenants she rents out one of the manor's wings to, and... the ghosts.
Francine is rather crotchety, and I can understand if other readers don't warm to her. But I ended up liking her, and most of the other characters, quite a bit. And although part of this novel's plot is that she can't remember her early childhood, once she does start to remember, her personality and behaviour make sense.
This novel has a lot of twists and turns, and I didn't find anything too predictable — I was kept guessing until most of the reveals. And some of those reveals are pretty heavy... But this novel is kept balanced by some lovely wordplay and interspersed with humour. Her Little Flowers is definitely worth reading.