The House at Helygen by Victoria Hawthorne
If you like dark, depressing, creepy novels, this one is for you! I was expecting more of a romance and I found this just too miserable. It was full of deaths! I almost stopped reading it because it just got too much.
When the story begins, Josie is happily married to Henry, renovating their big house in Cornwall and looking forward to opening the hotel. The only problem is stuck-up Alice, her nasty mother-in-law. When she finds Henry dead, Josie's life becomes extremely difficult. Alice insists that it was suicide, but Josie is not sure. And why does she keep seeing ghosts, and feel the presence of people from the past? When Josie has her baby Ivy, she has to fight to keep her from being too controlled by Alice...Her only friend is Flick, but Flick has a lot of problems.
There is also a 19th century story about Eliza and Harriet, unhappy brides. I thought that this wasn't as well-written as the modern one and I found it a bit confusing. There were a lot of characters and it was a bit hard to get a grip on them.
I used to like the Gothic romances of Victoria Holt, but I think that this one was much gloomier.
I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781529418491 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP |
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