Just as good as her first if not better! I hadn't realized how badly I wanted a sequel to her first book until I read this. ( )

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC!

Just as good as her first if not better! The setting was bright but the subject matter was delightfully sinister and dark. Twists and turns, really well done! ( )

* I got this book for review and would give it 4.75. for review*
I really enjoyed this book. It was such a fun and ghothic story. I think i loved the main character in this book and the romance more then book 1 and loved the romance a bit more. It had a nice balance of horror and mystery. I still really liked the regency connection to this story and really liked the new elements of a retelling tied in and i thought it was so good!! I thought the ending was a bit rushed but such a soild read!! ( )

* I got this book for review and would give it 4.75. for review*
I really enjoyed this book. It was such a fun and ghothic story. I think i loved the main character in this book and the romance more then book 1 and loved the romance a bit more. It had a nice balance of horror and mystery. I still really liked the regency connection to this story and really liked the new elements of a retelling tied in and i thought it was so good!! I thought the ending was a bit rushed but such a soild read!! ( )

In a manor by the sea, one sister is still cursed.

Despite dreams of adventures far beyond the Salann shores, seventeen-year-old Verity Thaumas has remained at her family’s estate, Highmoor, with her older sister Camille, while their sisters have scattered across Arcannia.

When their sister Mercy sends word that the Duchess of Bloem—wife of a celebrated botanist—is interested in having Verity paint a portrait of her son, Alexander, Verity jumps at the chance, but Camille won’t allow it. Forced to reveal the secret she’s kept for years, Camille tells Verity the truth one day: Verity is still seeing ghosts, she just doesn’t know it.

Stunned, Verity flees Highmoor that night and—with nowhere else to turn—makes her way to Bloem. At first, she is captivated by the lush, luxurious landscape and is quickly drawn to charming, witty, and impossibly handsome Alexander Laurent. And soon, to her surprise, a romance . . . blossoms.

But it’s not long before Verity is plagued with nightmares, and the darker side of Bloem begins to show through its sickly-sweet façade. . . . ( )