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What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)

T. Kingfisher

Start date: February 1, 2024

Finish date: February 29, 2024

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Jul 05, 2022 Lizz (Beer, Books and Boos) rated it liked it

I love T. Kingfisher but this one wasn't my favorite. I think it is because The Fall of the House of Usher isn't my favorite of Poe's writing. I think if people enjoyed The Fall of the House of Usher, then they will probably love this. I can't wait to pick up T. Kingfisher other books. ...more

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Sep 06, 2025 Tbirdplanstoread rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Definitely a very creepy retelling of Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher." Will definitely keep on with the series. I enjoy Easton and Denton as characters and look forward to their further adventures. ...more

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May 19, 2022 Trisha rated it really liked it

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"The dead don't walk."

This one was SO GOOD! Get ready to be creeped out both by the creepy house and the odd inhabitants. This is a re-telling of The Fall of the House of Usher: An Edgar Allan Poe Short Story. I wish I could say I remembered anything about that short, but I don't think that took anything away from this story.

It's a well told short. I was on the edge of my seat right from the beginning - as soon as our MC Easton arrives at the House of Usher. Easton's inability to get a good bear ...more

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Jun 27, 2022 Melanie rated it it was amazing

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Thank you to Netgalley and Tor for an e-arc and alc of this one!

When Alex gets a message from kan childhood friend Madeline Usher that she is dying, kan heads to the decaying Usher estate to do what kan can. But there is a lot more going on at the estate than Alex realizes, and with the help of Denton--Roderick Usher's American Doctor friend--and a local mycologist, Alex is able to solve the secrets of Usher--but not without casualties.

This is a fantasy "Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Alla ...more

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Jan 05, 2024 Shelley rated it it was amazing

Okay, I love Poe and I was very excited to read this book which is a retelling of The Fall of The House of Usher. This did not disappoint!!! A good gothic story is something that seems to have disappeared over the years, but this had everything I wanted! The dark and forboding setting as well as the house that is falling into disrepair because the inhabitants just don't take care of it. You just feel like there is something, just behind you that is waiting in the shadows. Even when you finish, i ...more

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