Publisher: Aurora Metro Books
Publication Date: 1st November 2023
Genre: Historical Fiction
Summary:
“I collected the first bone when I was twelve... Such a tiny little bone, more like a tooth. I only kept it to keep him safe.” Kathryn Darkling, imprisoned in Holloway, is facing death by hanging for her vengeance killing. Haunted by a spirit, she still hopes to perform the ancient black magic that will free her soul, or her struggle to punish the mighty will have been in vain. Will the love of her life come to her aid? Or can she find a way to escape her fate?
Review:
Firstly thank you to Love Books Tours, Aurora Metro Books and Natalie Bayley for having me on this tour and for sending me the book.
I was drawn in from the first line of this book "I collected the first bone when I was twelve" and I found myself unable to put it down because I just needed to know Kathryn's story. It's a brilliantly written book, you flip back and forth between Kathryn in Holloway retelling her story as a confession to a reverend and the events as she retells them. And I really enjoyed that format, I liked seeing how her thoughts had changed slightly between those two time periods.
The arguments with the spirit were very interesting, they started off seemingly nice for lack of a better word and escalated fairly quickly. And I so liked the way that relationship of sorts ended, very well done. I enjoyed every page of the books and I've not read one recently that had me so captivated from beginning to end. The characters are so solid in the way they were written that I could almost believe that this was based loosely on some sort of truth and the settings were so vivid at times. I'm really struggling here to tell you how much I loved this book without giving anything away! I seriously don't want to add any spoilers, just trust me that this is a brilliant book.
I definitely want to read more by this author.
Firstly thank you to Love Books Tours, Aurora Metro Books and Natalie Bayley for having me on this tour and for sending me the book.
I was drawn in from the first line of this book "I collected the first bone when I was twelve" and I found myself unable to put it down because I just needed to know Kathryn's story. It's a brilliantly written book, you flip back and forth between Kathryn in Holloway retelling her story as a confession to a reverend and the events as she retells them. And I really enjoyed that format, I liked seeing how her thoughts had changed slightly between those two time periods.
The arguments with the spirit were very interesting, they started off seemingly nice for lack of a better word and escalated fairly quickly. And I so liked the way that relationship of sorts ended, very well done. I enjoyed every page of the books and I've not read one recently that had me so captivated from beginning to end. The characters are so solid in the way they were written that I could almost believe that this was based loosely on some sort of truth and the settings were so vivid at times. I'm really struggling here to tell you how much I loved this book without giving anything away! I seriously don't want to add any spoilers, just trust me that this is a brilliant book.
I definitely want to read more by this author.
Krystina xx
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