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These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
Genre: Young Adult Horror
Publishing Date: August 9, 2022
Synopsis:
The Haunting of Hill House meets Knives Out in a bid for an inheritance that will leave Helen Vaughan either rich…or dead. Helen Vaughan doesn't know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone Hall,
called Harrow, or why they haven't spoken to their extended family since. So when her grandfather
dies, she's shocked to learn that he has left everything-the house, the grounds, and the money-to her. The inheritance comes with one condition: she must stay on the grounds of Harrow for one full year, or she'll be left with nothing.
There is more at stake than money. For as long as she can remember, Harrow has haunted Helen's dreams-and now those dreams have become a waking nightmare. Helen knows that if she is going to survive the year, she needs to uncover the secrets of Harrow. Why is the house built like a labyrinth? What is digging the holes that appear in the woods each night?And why does the house itself seem to be making her sick? With each twisted revelation, Helen questions what she knows about Harrow, her family, and even herself. She no longer wonders if she wants to leave..but if she can.
Content Warning: Harm to children/death of children - non-graphic and not on the page, but prevalent in backstory & plot, Death & dying, Body horror (surreal, not gory), Violence (against MC & others), Alcoholism (not a main character), Discussion of a lobotomy performed in the 1800s
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MY REVIEW

These Fleeting Shadows is a very different story than your average YA haunted house narrative. The best way I can describe it is The Haunting of Hill House meets Sorcery of Thorns meets The Inheritance Games meets witchy sapphic (with a hint of enemies to lovers) romance subplot??? There’s a lot to unpack here. Everything about the story was designed to bring the reader unease. From the beginning we know something is wrong with our MC and that she has a mysterious past that has caused her family to isolate themselves from the rest. We are literally introduced to her digging up animal bones in the forest (like what!!!). The story definitely follows the classic girl goes to distant relatives funeral only to find out the will has been changed at the last minute and everything has been mysteriously left to her on this very strange condition or else…. BUT literally nothing else is like anything I’ve read before. While there may be no ghosts at Harrow there are certainly… other things. Which are much more frightening, especially the secrets being uncovered about the origin of the house and just why it was built in the first place. I literally couldn’t guess what was happening ever because I never could have imagined it myself. I really enjoyed the mystery and horror in this book, it was so unique to the typical stories in this genre. It felt like I was almost reading a fantasy novel but I wasn’t??? One thing I will say is that I wasn’t expecting the romance plot but I did enjoy it! I think it went from “we are born natural enemies but we need each other’s help” to love kind of fast but the romance was never the main focus of my interest in this story so it didn’t really bother me. Some of the more romantic scenes came off kind of random to me because of this. Overall this was a fast-paced gripping read! I read it mostly in just one sitting and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a spooky read that will keep them thinking! 

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About the Author 

Kate Alice Marshall is the author of young adult and middle grade novels, including I AM STILL ALIVE, RULES FOR VANISHING, and THIRTEENS. She lives outside of Seattle with her husband, two dogs named Vonnegut and Octavia, and two kids. They all conspire to keep her on her toes.

Author Links:

Website: http://katemarshallbooks.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmarshallarts

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kmarshallarts/

Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17294875.Kate_Alice_Marshall

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