Clara takes in her nieces Lily an Violet purely for the financial gain she will receive from having them. What Clara doesn't know is that Violet can see dead things and she can see all of Clara's ghosts and is able to call them back to existence. Clara is soon haunted by her past and her secrets are uncovered.

This is now my 3rd Camila Bruce book and probably my favourite so far. I loved the characters and the atmosphere and how the ghosts and magic worked. This book had me pulled me in from the start and I'm really enjoying these types of gothic stories at the minute.

I listened to this on audio and I think that made me love this story even more ! Brilliant audio 😄

Thank you to Netgalley, Belinda Audio and Camilla Bruce for an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a quirky story about two sisters and their murderous aunt. The girls are orphaned and sent to live with said aunt which leads them to discover that they have unusual abilities. The youngest manifests ghosts of people who died in the aunt’s house – her victims. Hilarity ensues. This really felt like A Series of Unfortunate Events. It was vaguely whimsical but not spooky, and certainly not a gothic, horror style story – which was what it was sold as. I liked it enough to finish but my overall impression was that it was okay.

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Well this one just reminded me how much love I had for a Series of Unfortunate Events! It had all the gothic vibes which were fun. The fact that the girls have their own special talents made it quite interesting throughout. I really liked their POVs. I was so over Aunt Clara though. She gave a Cruella De Vill / Count Olaf mix. I pictured her as Cruella though lol! Like I felt bad for her and what she had gone through but come on, bit excessive much? I think her being insufferable was the point though! Evil guardian and all who only cares about her money. It got a bit repetitive towards the last third of the book though. I finished it but it just seemed to drag on!

Review specifically for the audiobook - it was really well done! I liked our narrators, they were great and made the book interesting. I struggled reading the book so switching to audio helped a ton. I really recommend the audio version.

Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for an early copy of an audiobook in exchange for a review!