Castle of Sighs by Jennifer MurgiaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
(free copy from netgalley in exchange for honest review)
A perfectly creepy story to read the week before Halloween. This witchy, ghostly tale properly chilled me from start to finish.
Rune is trying to find her place in an empty, unfamiliar castle with Laurentz, her love. She finds that her, Laurentz and the two children she's vowed to protect are not the only ones residing there.
I have only one complaint – a few chapters in I started to wonder if I was missing something, so I did a little research and discovered that Castle of Sighs is book two in the Forest of Whispers series. There was no indication of a previous book on netgalley or in the title pages of the book. Though I was still able to appreciate the novel without reading Forest of Whispers (book one), I think I would have enjoyed the story more, and felt more connected to the characters, if I had read it. I gave the Castle of Sighs 4 stars because of this.
Overall, Murgia is a gifted writer and I will definitely look up her other novels.
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