A review by loubraryoftheforest
The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell

5.0

Wow, another incredible book from one of my favourite authors! The story leaps from the pages and draws you in completely. She knows just what to do to make my spine tingle, and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Agnes has lived through tragedy, it took her sister from her and left her broken and scarred. She finds comfort in creating paper silhouettes, they spring to life from her fingertips and help bring in money her family desperately needs. But the past is creeping up on her and as the people whose faces she creates in paper begin to die in tragic circumstances, she must face the horrors that haunt her, and try to hold tight to the ones she loves. Brilliant. Gothic horror at its best.