![]() ![]() Even Eli can't answer her questions - she'll discover exactly what's going on for herself. as is the one kind person to her, Eli Stuart. The town is full of secrets and mysteries. Her uncle and aunt seem interested solely in her inheritance. ![]() ![]() She is sent to live with her uncle and aunt, and there is something very strange about the pair. Her parents died just recently of influenza, and she has two more years until she can access her inheritance and live in her parents' house. It's 1800s Scotland, and Josie is now a sixteen-year-old orphan. While it wasn't AMAZING, I was entranced and engrossed and I couldn't put this book down. Still, I finished this book quickly and was very engrossed in the novel. This book was incredibly short! While the timing for a short book was great, it was also not the best for the story, which really felt short (and not necessarily in a good way). An author's note gives the historical inspiration for this story. Spirited, curious, and determined, Josie sets out to learn the village's secrets and discovers evil, fueled by heartless greed, as well as a ghostly presence eager for revenge. She's told that Eli, the young man she's attracted to, is forbidden to her, but not why. ![]() Everything and everyone in her new surroundings, including her relatives, is sinister, threatening, and mysterious. In early-nineteenth century Scotland, sixteen-year-old Josie, an orphan, is sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the rocky, stormy northwest coast. *** Review posted on The Eater of Books! blog*** ![]()
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