A review by halfbloodprincess_hogwarts
The House in Poplar Wood by K.E. Ormsbee

5.0

I did not want to put this book down and nearly cried when I had to. Lee and Felix are twins separated at birth due to their mom apprenticing for Memory and their dad apprenticing for Death. The shades apprentices fell in love on Halloween, thanks to the help of Passion. Halloween is the ONLY day the shades take a break from their apprentices. After discovering their union, the 2 shades made an agreement that the dad would keep Felix, who would prepare to be Death's apprentice when he became of age, and their mom took Lee, who prepared to apprentice for Memory. The worst part, that took me til the middle of the story to realize when the parents were told they would never see each other nor the other child again, they LITERALLY meant it. They could NEITHER see nor hear them. That drew the last straw for me and I was rooting for the boys to somehow break the agreement. Irresistible to put down from start to finish with an unexpected ending. I would rate it 10/5 stars if I could!!!!