But does the prologue make it even more intriguing? Absolutely. Would I have enjoyed the story without the prologue? Yes. These details are not learned by Louisa until three months or more after her employment starts, and the story backs up to the beginning in Chapter One. You can tell Madeleine Roux put great thought and care into each and every word on the page, as each new revelation is more shocking than the last. Put them all together, and my oh my, I’m hooked. We are all of us odd and cursed at Coldthistle House, and growing more cursed and odd by the day.Īny one of those revelations would be intriguing. An outcast, a foreigner, and, some would venture, a Changeling. It is not so hard a life for one like me. I work and live at Coldthistle House, a house for boarders and wanderers. We are immediately introduced to our engaging main character like so: Buckminster Fuller and “ The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus” by Christopher Marlowe, the book opens to a prologue dated North of England 1810. It turns out that Louisa’s job is more than dusting furniture: she is also expected to scrub bloodstains, lest the remaining lodgers become suspicious before their own well-deserved deaths.įollowing beautifully presented quotes from R. Louisa soon discovers that a powerful book lures evil lodgers to Coldthistle House, where they are executed for their heinous crimes. No wonder she jumps at the surprising offer to become a maid at Coldthistle House, a remote boarding house.
But when Louisa’s latest reading hits too close to the mark, she is chased out of town by an angry mob. You have to love a main character (Louisa Ditton) who believes palm reading is the best way to earn a few pennies. “ House of Furies digs its claws into you and won’t let go a mesmerizing, haunting, gorgeously written journey into the heart of darkness.” So how could I resist a book with praise like this from Michele Gagnon, author of Don’t Turn Around: But creepy books beckon me, especially those with a dark sense of humor… What types of books do you read on sultry summer days and nights? I’ll admit that sometimes I enjoy a fluffy romantic fantasy.
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