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nikki_in_niagara 's review for:
The Quiet Stillness of Empty Houses
by L.V. Russell
This is a quintessential Gothic story. First, the fantastic title brings on all the feels before even starting. There is everything here including romance and ghosts. Theodora is sent to Broken Oaks to be a governess amidst whispers of a scandal at her last placing. At home, she lives in a dilapidated family mansion with her hard-nosed grandmother. However, her new placing brings her joy except for the mysterious events taking place at night.
The atmosphere just drips from the pages. Theodora is a wonderfully believable main character and the romance is not irritating or overdone. The ending was a fantastic twist and I thought it was perfect. Unfortunately, the denouement was too long. I started skipping through it until the final end which was again good in itself. The final chapters would have been better condensed into one.
The atmosphere just drips from the pages. Theodora is a wonderfully believable main character and the romance is not irritating or overdone. The ending was a fantastic twist and I thought it was perfect. Unfortunately, the denouement was too long. I started skipping through it until the final end which was again good in itself. The final chapters would have been better condensed into one.