![]() ![]() While this book certainly has its fair share of the supernatural, that’s not really what makes it scary. So the elevator pitch for Kate Alice Marshall’s These Fleeting Shadows is “ The Haunting of Hill Housemeets Knives Out.” Considering I haven’t actually seen either of those works, I can’t say for sure, but that sounds darn accurate. RELATED: Book Review: The Bruising of Qilwa Woah. She no longer wonders if she wants to leave … but if she can. With each twisted revelation, Helen questions what she knows about Harrow, her family, and even herself. ![]() Why is the house built like a labyrinth? What is digging the holes that appear in the woods each night? And why does the house itself seem to be making her sick? Helen knows that if she is going to survive the year, she needs to uncover the secrets of Harrow. For as long as she can remember, Harrow has haunted Helen’s dreams - and now those dreams have become a waking nightmare. ![]() ![]() The inheritance comes with one condition: she must stay on the grounds of Harrow for one full year, or she’ll be left with nothing. So when her grandfather dies, she’s shocked to learn that he has left everything - the house, the grounds, and the money - to her. Helen Vaughan doesn’t know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone Hall, called Harrow, or why they haven’t spoken to their extended family since. Thank you to Viking Books/Penguin Young Readers for a copy of These Fleeting Shadows in exchange for an honest review. ![]()
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