Monday Reads [39]

Castle of the Cursed Published by Wednesday Books by Romina Garber
on July 30, 2024
Genres: Fantasy, Gothic, Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Vampires, Romance, YA
Pages: 304
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads
Also by this author: Castle of the Cursed
Find the Book: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

ISBN: 1250863899

A delicious and dark gothic romance from bestselling author Romina Garber!
THE HOUSE IS ALWAYS HUNGRY…
After a mysterious attack claims the lives of her parents, all Estela has left is her determination to solve the case. Suffering from survivor’s guilt so intense that she might be losing her grip on reality, she accepts an invitation to live overseas with an estranged aunt at their ancestral Spanish castle, la Sombra.
Beneath its gothic façade, la Sombra harbors a trove of family secrets, and Estela begins to suspect her parents’ deaths may be linked to their past. Her investigation takes a supernatural turn when she crosses paths with a silver-eyed boy only she can see. Estela worries Sebastián is a hallucination, but he claims he’s been trapped in the castle. They grudgingly team up to find answers and as their investigation ignites, so does a romance, mistrust twined with every caress.
As the mysteries pile up, it feels to Estela like everyone in the tiny town of Oscuro is lying and that whoever was behind the attack has followed her to Spain. The deeper she ventures into la Sombra’s secrets, the more certain she becomes that the suspect she’s chasing has already found her . . . and they’re closer than she ever realized.

Welcome to Monday Reads! Where I just spend a few minutes sharing with you my current read and a snippet or two from my current chapter. Please let me know what you’re reading right now, too!

This one has come as quite the surprise! If you’ve been reading my blog for a while now, you know that I have a love/hate relationship with YA. But this one is (so far) pointing more towards the love side, as it is full of the macabre and the gothic elements are excellent!

“One of the windows grows larger, and I see my sister reading from a very small collection of tomes. Now that she knows what she is and where she comes from, she must have a sense of where to look.

She finds the journals of other descendants who hailed from Earth. None of their stories are complete, but one thing is clear across all of them–to make it back, one must locate their bloodline on Earth and establish a connection.

I watch my sister in a corner alone, sitting in a meditative pose. Eyes closed and lids flickering, she’s chanting something under her breath. A spell.“

Very excited to keep reading this one. There have been some surprises along the way that I’m loving!

What are you reading, today??

 

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