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A literary horror story that follows the cursed Villarca family and their ancestral home.
We start in the early 20th century with the last surviving Villarcas, young Iris and her father Allonso living at Rawblood, their estate in Devonshire. Iris lives a sheltered and proscribed existence because of her father's obsession with a curse which has killed everyone in the family for generations. As we get different points of Iris's life the story jumps around in time giving us the story of the family ...more
We start in the early 20th century with the last surviving Villarcas, young Iris and her father Allonso living at Rawblood, their estate in Devonshire. Iris lives a sheltered and proscribed existence because of her father's obsession with a curse which has killed everyone in the family for generations. As we get different points of Iris's life the story jumps around in time giving us the story of the family ...more
This book is freaking brilliant. If you like literary gothic horror with a bit of the supernatural and like non linear timelines with plot lines that have puzzles to solve. This book is your jam!
Papa always said there was no heaven, no hell. But there is. I’m in it. In the dark beating heart of it all.
Wow. This was absolutely awesome. Possibly the most gothic book I’ve ever read. The first half of this book I wasn’t sure what to make of it but I’m glad I persevered.
Wow. This was absolutely awesome. Possibly the most gothic book I’ve ever read. The first half of this book I wasn’t sure what to make of it but I’m glad I persevered.
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