Publisher: 47North
November 1, 2022
ASIN: B09MCY9Y34
6787KB
5 Stars
I read this delightful story as an eBook. This story, the sequel of which I have preordered, gives a whole new meaning to the term, “Haunted House.”
The house is not haunted by ghosts, as one would expect, the house, itself is the haunt. It can, and does, move walls when it wants to, turn the stairs into a slide on a whim, throw book in the library, rearrange said books just for grins. It can split beds in the middle of the night, move half to another room, and watch the fun when two people wake who went to bed separately.
The story takes place in Rhode Island, 1846. Merritt Fernsby has been cut off from his family and the only woman he loved vanishes, and suddenly finds himself the heir of a long-abandoned house on an island that has been unoccupied for a hundred years or so.
In a place and time when several people have magic, Fernsby does not. But his house does, and Hulda Larkin, a licensed “House Tamer” is sent to help him control the house. Oh, the house is on an island, one which no one bothers to visit.
Haunted houses can be “tamed” and people can live with it (preferred) or the house can be exorcised, which is not optimal.
This is a marvelous story, written by someone who shares her vivid imagination and universe with the world. Buy it. Go to the beach. Rent a room with a view of the ocean, hope for a storm, sit, and read.
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