I wanted so badly to love this. Gothic novels are my favorite thing to read, especially a non-western gothic novel, so I was excited! But sadly, I couldn’t finish. The writing is pretty in this, but it’s just so long-winded. It feels like one long soliloquy that isn’t adding any value to the story. Even the dialogue is long-winded and filled with lots of superfluous sentences. I would love to give this book more time to get good, but since I have an issue with the writing itself, I can’t continue.

Thank you to Viking and NetGalley for this ARC. All opinions are my own.