Starling House (a Spellbinding Dark Gothic Fairytale From An Award-winning Author)

By (author) Harrow Alix E.
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Opal Gravely has spent her life obsessed with the mysterious Lark House – but when its reclusive heir offers her a job, she discovers there may be monsters lurking within. This is a sweeping, gothic fairytale from Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
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‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent’ - Olivie Blake

Step into Starling House – if you dare . . .

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 china, have been passed down the generations.

Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses, or brooding men. But when an opportunity to work there arises, the money might get her brother out of Eden. Starling House is uncanny and full of secrets – just like Arthur, its heir. It also feels strangely, dangerously, like something she’s never had: a home. Yet Opal isn’t the only one interested in the horrors and the wonders that lie buried beneath it.

Sinister forces converge on Eden – and Opal realizes that if she wants a home, she’ll have to fight for it. Even if it involves digging up her family’s ugly past to achieve a better future. She’ll have to go down, deep down beneath Starling House, to claw her way back to the light . . .

This is a sweeping gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow.

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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
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Gorgeous, poignant, and honest—an unforgettable read
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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
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This is gothic fairy tale at its best and truest: dark and romantic, angry and hopeful . . . I loved it
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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
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Many worlds, vanishing doors, mind-cracking magic: I clung to each page, searching for answers. This is one of the most unique works of fiction I’ve ever read – I hope there’s more ahead
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A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through . . . Absolutely enchanting
Biographical note
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 and The Once and Future Witches.