The prose is lovely and descriptive, and paints such vivid mental images of secret gardens and magic rituals.

This book’s strongest aspect is its atmosphere. When the lord Rowan Sylvanan comes to their town to collect tithes, he takes them with him back to the haunted Lakesedge estate, where he’s rumored to have murdered his entire family in cold blood. Violeta Graceling makes a bargain in the dark of the woods to save her and her brother, but shadows and nightmares plague Arien after. Please highlight the paragraph below to view.Įmotional and physical abuse by a parent, body horror, gore and blood(including description of wounds), emesis, discussions of death and grief (no on-page deaths), death of parents and sibling, descriptions of drowning and deep water, drowning-related imagery, self-injury (in the context of a curse that requires regular physical sacrifices), suicidal ideation A creature to whom Leta is inexplicably drawn… Now, to save Rowan–and herself–Leta must confront the darkness in her past, including unraveling the mystery of her connection to the Lord Under.Ĭontent Warnings: May be incomplete, may contain spoilers. But neither the estate nor the monster are what they seem.As Leta falls for Rowan, she discovers he is bound to the Lord Under, the sinister death god lurking in the black waters of the lake. Leta knows the terrifying rumors about Rowan Sylvanan, who drowned his entire family when he was a boy. When Violeta Graceling and her younger brother Arien arrive at the haunted Lakesedge estate, they expect to find a monster. Tour banner for the TBR and Beyond Lakesedge tour which runs from September 27 to October 3Ī lush, gothic fantasy from debut author Lyndall Clipstone about monsters and magic, set on the banks of a cursed lake, perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and Brigid Kemmerer.

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