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A review by jennifersuzette
The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses by L.V. Russell
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Quill and Crow Publishing House for the ARC in exchange for a review.
Theodora’s father has passed and is sent to live with her grandmother in her dying house. She finds work as a governess but is let go after striking her young master. She ventures out on her own to a further away home to become a governess for another family. Cassias and his daughter Ottoline live in a dark, damp estate on a lily pond with their housekeeper Ms Rivers. Theodora falls in love with Ottoline, enjoying teaching her lessons but is plagued by bad dreams and the whispers of skirts in the halls.
This was a great gothic horror with just the right amount of romance. I ate this up in an afternoon and didn’t expect the twist.
Theodora’s father has passed and is sent to live with her grandmother in her dying house. She finds work as a governess but is let go after striking her young master. She ventures out on her own to a further away home to become a governess for another family. Cassias and his daughter Ottoline live in a dark, damp estate on a lily pond with their housekeeper Ms Rivers. Theodora falls in love with Ottoline, enjoying teaching her lessons but is plagued by bad dreams and the whispers of skirts in the halls.
This was a great gothic horror with just the right amount of romance. I ate this up in an afternoon and didn’t expect the twist.