The first couple of chapters had me confused because they didn't seem to match up with the book's description, but once the story got going, I found myself feeling so awful for the protagonist that I just wanted to give her a hug. Her mother, who Suze spent her whole life trying to find, is dead, leaving her a tattered wedding dress and a huge old house that's going to be immediately torn away from her to pay inheritance taxes and her mother's debts. She's lost and alone in the world, trying to find a way to hold onto the only things left from the family she just learned about...and she's seeing visions through the veil. More disturbing than scary, this book packs an intense emotional punch.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book Veil by Jeff clulow pub date 1st of august. Suze never new her real mum , pushed from one foster family to the next she also loses her job but not before she is given a letter regarding her birth mum, when she is giving a wedding dress mysterious things start to happen she can see her mothers life through the veil , this book is heartbreaking but beautiful at the same time, beautifully written and the character of suze is wonderful

A gothic tale of a grown foster-child who encounters a sus estate lawyer regarding the birth mother's estate. If the idea of traveling through time and seeing someone's memories while putting on their veil, interests you, you should definitely read this book. It was disturbing and gratifying.

This book was super freaky! Also made me never want to borrow any dead family heirlooms that are worn ever again… at least not without proper cleansing precautions being taken. Yikes…. Well done.

Creepy and eerie. My favorite things in books. This is a beautiful book. I really loved everything about it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC. All opinons are my own.

A beautifully dark, tragic story. I think Clulow does subtle, creeping horror excellently and this story left me thinking about it long after I’d already set it down. A strong female character, excellently developed plot and decadent writing style leaves me excited for what else Clulow has in store.
Highly recommended for those who love gothic horror, speculative fiction and ghost stories.

This story starts with us meeting Susanna "Suze" Newman, a 30-year-old woman who has just been fired from her childcare job for sleeping while on the clock. She had grown up in the foster care system, being passed around from family to family, knowing nothing about her biological family. She discovers that she's inherited her recently deceased mother's estate through the rules of intestacy and finds that this will be the perfect way to learn about her mother, but what she doesn't realise yet is just how dark her family's past is, and what truths her mother's veil will uncover.
I have absolutely nothing but praise for this book. Seriously.
The storytelling was beautiful, the pace was perfect, and the end was rounded off flawlessly. I truly feel like a better person after having had the chance to read this.
I came up with my own theory at the 52% mark (beginning of chapter 21) which I was genuinely so thrilled to have gotten right, but I was also so upset to be right.

If there's anything that anyone does come August 1st, it better had be reading this book.

Much thanks to Third Eye Press and NetGalley for this ARC.

This book was really really good. It’s not the type of thing that I normally read, but it was a great palate cleanser. It was a short, enjoyable, and somewhat heartbreaking read. The vibes were dark and dreary but also told a story of finding hope and who you were meant to be. I also very much related to the main character and her difficulties with her emotions.

I would 100% recommend this to anyone who would like a novella length horror-esque read that features uncovering mysteries, thwarting conniving strangers, and uncovering long lost love.

The only downside is that I’m an American and some of the Britishisms made it somewhat difficult for me to place the time period that the book is set in towards the beginning. That ended as time went on though.

Through the Veil and Into the Chills

This haunting, poetic mystery wrapped me in goosebumps as I followed a veil-cloaked dive into secrets, sorrow, and the kind of ghostly revelations that linger long after the last page.

Veil is a haunting and atmospheric horror romance that blends ghostly echoes of the past with a deeply personal journey of emotional awakening. The story unfolds through a mysterious wedding veil that lets the protagonist glimpse the dark secrets of her family's history, and it’s just the right mix of eerie and heartbreaking. I loved how the suspense kept building with every flicker of the veil’s visions—it made me feel like I was right there in that crumbling house, desperate to know the truth. This was one of those reads that stayed with me long after I turned the last page.

A haunted veil + family secrets + one emotionally blocked woman = OMG YES PLEASE! 😱💀 I tore through Veil like it was a cursed love letter I wasn’t supposed to read. The vibes are spooky, the romance is tragic, and the drama? Top tier! The veil shows her the past, but also shows us just how messed up and magnetic a ghost story can be. It’s romantic, twisted, and totally addictive. You like your love stories with a side of dread and dead people? This one’s for you. 🕯️💘👀