Starling House
The perfect dark, Gothic fairytale and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2024
Summary
‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent’ - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
Step into Starling House - if you dare …
Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab and Naomi Novik.
Nobody in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But the town agrees it’s best to let this ill-omened mansion - and its last lonely heir - go to hell. Stories of the house’s bad luck, like good…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529061123 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529061121 |
| Author: | Alix E. Harrow |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Tor |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 528g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 164mm x 241mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
This book has everything you could possibly want this fall … a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid and eerie setting—plus, characters willing to risk everything – Reese Witherspoon, Reese’s Book Club October 2023 Pick
Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent, and Starling House, with its gentle reassurances of the homes we make and the love we deserve, is more than satisfying. It’s pure loveliness in book form – Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
Gorgeous, poignant, and honest—an unforgettable read – Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
The gaudy, dark seam between horror and romance. Starling House is Alix E. Harrow’s greatest work yet – if you can survive its slow belly-crawl into hell – Ava Reid, author of Juniper and Thorn
This is gothic fairy tale at its best and truest: dark and romantic, angry and hopeful … I loved it – H.G. Parry, author of The Magician’s Daughter
This book is as knife-edged and sharp as its protagonist, a rich and strange exploration of home and need and want … A smart, spectacular contemporary Gothic – Kat Howard, author of An Unkindness of Magicians
This is one you’re going to love – Glamour Magazine
Tender and triumphant … Starling House will no doubt take its place alongside fiction’s most memorable haunted houses – Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Harrow’s mash-up of twisted fairy tales and Southern gothic fiction is a haunting story of longing, lies, and generational curses – Library Journal, Starred Review
Alix E. Harrow is a fantasy author who just does not miss. This magical, heartfelt haunted house tale is no different – Paste Magazine
Devastating, eerie and upbeat – SFX
A spooky story about how hidden truths always come back to haunt you – Kirkus, Starred Review
Alix E. Harrow
Alix E. Harrow is an ex-historian with lots of opinions and excessive library fines, currently living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral children. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. Her full-length novels include The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches and Starling House.
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