Tag Archives: gothic

Mx3 Review: This House Is Haunted by John Boyne

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Other Press (October 8, 2013) ISBN-10: 1590516796 Source: Publisher Twenty-one year old Eliza Cain lives alone with her father. The two share a fondness for the writing of Charles Dickens and, despite her father’s ailing health, … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: Dolly-A Ghost Story by Susan Hill

Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Profile Books (October 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 1846685745 Source: Personal copy Two young cousins,  Leonora and Edward, are sent to stay with their spinster aunt at her home, Iyot Lock. Edward, an orphan, becomes his aunt’s ward … Continue reading

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Review: Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino

Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (July 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062122614 Source: Publisher Charlotte Markham, just recently hired as governess, is forced to assume the role of nanny to the two young Darrow boys after their current … Continue reading

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