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The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
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Nghi Vo (Goodreads Author)

emma's review

Mar 27, 2024

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i hope this series goes on forever.

it's a spoiler, but (view spoiler) are so in right now! this is the third new release i've read about them this year, and i'm not mad. they're cool as hell.

this didn't feel at all like an installment of this series, which is normally slow, storytelling-centered, and thematically meaningful.

this was a fun creepy mystery with a plot twist. not what i expected, but again, good with me.

i do think this fell apart towards the end, having bit off more than its barely 100 pages could chew, but who can blame it.

i don't think we needed all of these characters, and i was annoyed by the traces of romance, but if you have the opportunity to cram upsetting taxidermy, crumbling old castles, scary girls, fatal flaws, mysterious teapots, talking birds, booby trap planning, messy libraries, murder-based secrets, manually turning a mansion haunted, estranged adult sons who are biters, and bad seafood in one book, you take it no matter the cost.

and the cost is not that steep.

bottom line: this book has everything. except the right page count.

(3.5 / thanks to the publisher for the e-arc)

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