BOOKS FROM NETHERLANDSMy Darling Dreadful Thing
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In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real?
Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the only good thing in Roos’ life, which is filled with sordid backroom séances organized by her mother. That is, until wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop attends one of these séances and asks Roos to come live with her at the crumbling estate she inherited upon the death of her husband. The manor is unsettling, but the attraction between Roos and Agnes is palpable. So how does someone end up dead?
Roos is caught red-handed, but she claims a spirit is the culprit. Doctor Montague, a psychologist tasked with finding out whether Roos can be considered mentally fit to stand trial, suspects she’s created an elaborate fantasy to protect her from what really happened. But Roos knows spirits are real; she's loved one of them. She'll have to prove her innocence and her sanity, or lose everything.
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(3 months ago) |
16 Aug, 2024
I don't know what I was expecting when going into this book but I was not expecting to walk away with a new all-time favorite... This book was so beautifully written and so heartbreaking that I actually had to force myself to finish it, because I just didn't want it to end! My heart breaks endlessly for Roos and Agnes and I will forever think about them. The traumas they experienced may have sculpted them into who they were during the book but it would never take away their flames and I just loved that. It has been so long since I have loved a book this much and even longer since a book has made me cry as much as this one, and I am eternally grateful that I got to experience this story. Anything this author writes in the future will be an autobuy and hopefully a favorite, I am anxiously waiting for more!
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