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Isis

by Douglas Clegg (Goodreads Author)

3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 · rating details · 370 ratings · 96 reviews

New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg brings us Isis, a beautifully illustrated, unforgettable novella that is sure to become a classic tale of the supernatural.

If you lost someone you loved, what would you pay to bring them back from the dead?

Old Marsh, the gardener at Belerion Hall, warned the Villiers girl about the old ruins along the sea-cliffs. “Never go in...more

Hardcover, 128 pages

Published September 29th 2009 by Vanguard Press (first published 2006)

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Oct 18, 2011 Stephen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebooks, horror, 2006-2010, novellas, spooky-real-estate, dead-heads, ya, mythstories-and-legends

"Death has a price, and all who bargain with the dead must pay it."

A perfect Halloween read.

Dark, haunting and lushly dressed, this beautifully written (and equally well illustrated) novella presents itself with a lyrical, dream-like quality that adds to the atmosphere of slowly creeping dread that saturates the story and leads to an ending that will leave your soul nicely chilled.

This is my first Douglass Clegg work and it will not be my last.

I shall Clegg again.

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Oct 10, 2012 Nancy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: library-books, horror, favorites

At only 113 pages, this short story packs a lot of emotion into its pages. Iris Catherine Villiers is a lonely girl with an absent father and a depressed mother, and three older brothers, one of whom she is very close to. Very loosely based on the myth of Isis and Osiris, this is a sad and chilling story that explores love, loss and grief. After a fatal accident involving her favorite brother, Iris discovers that she possesses a special ability to speak to the dead.

The Cornwall setting, with its...more

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Mar 23, 2012 Candiss rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: library, novellas-at-home-or-library, gothic, read-2012, reviewed

Although the descriptors may seem contradictory, I think it an apt description to call this compact Gothic tale darkly delightful. It had elements both of an old-fashioned ghost story, brimming with ancient curses and forbidden places and crumbling if stately mansions seen through dreary sheets of constant grey rain...as well as a tale of growing up, coming into one's power (for good or for ill,) and of the wonder and magic of the unfettered power of youthful belief. It was both horrible and lov...more

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May 11, 2012 Dani Peloquin rated it 1 of 5 stars

The story is of a young girl, Iris, and her two brothers who live in a house with their cloistered mother and mentally ill grandfather. Iris finds solace in her friendship with her brother, Horace, and the Gothic tales that the gardener tells her. Tragedy strikes when Harvey dies in a horrific accident that causes her to create a bargain with Death that will allow Harvey to come back to her. Of course, the deal is not what she expected and Iris must choose between her brother's happiness and her...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: trt-posted-reviews

Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com

This is a prequel of Douglas Clegg's HARROW books, which I didn't realize until after I read the book. ISIS is a novella, being only 113 pages long, but it's quite amazing.

It is the story of Iris and her brother, Harvey. They grow up together in a very dysfunctional family - before there were even any such things as dysfunctional families. Iris's father takes off; her mother is depressed and is an alcoholic. She has an older brother who she never se...more

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May 03, 2012 Colin Leslie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Stepping into the pages of Isis is like stepping back in time as Douglas Clegg recreates the feeling of a good old fashioned ghost story. When Iris Villiers is involved in a tragic accident with her brother Harvey, she loses not only a close relation but her closest friend. So when she finds a way to bring her brother back what will she do? With references to Egyptian mythology she takes on the role of Isis.

This is a lovely little novella with a compelling writing style that fits a lot into a fe...more

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Mar 06, 2012 Anna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, ya

A lot of stories ask "how far would you go for love?" In Isis, however, the question is not "how far" but "what price will you have to pay when you get there?" Really, it's a love story. Ok, a twisted love story we all hope to keep far from our own lives, but love is what powers everything that happens, and in turn what makes it so dark. Anyone who's lost a loved one will relate to Iris's desire to bring someone back, and that familiarity is what chills when the consequences are revealed.

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Oct 24, 2011 Blair rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ghostly-and-magical, historical, read-on-kindle

Based on the Ancient Egyptian myth of Isis, this is a very short book (a short story, really) containing a creepy, symbolic tale of the supernatural. Iris Villiers, a young woman in (I think) Victorian England, is the protagonist and narrator. She lives a miserable life in her parents' imposing Cornwall home; her father absent, her mother drunk, two of her three brothers constantly teasing her. Her only respite from this depressing existence is her third brother, Harvey, with whom she shares an...more Based on the Ancient Egyptian myth of Isis, this is a very short book (a short story, really) containing a creepy, symbolic tale of the supernatural. Iris Villiers, a young woman in (I think) Victorian England, is the protagonist and narrator. She lives a miserable life in her parents' imposing Cornwall home; her father absent, her mother drunk, two of her three brothers constantly teasing her. Her only respite from this depressing existence is her third brother, Harvey, with whom she shares an unusually close relationship. However, disaster strikes when a terrible accident occurs, and Iris is driven to take matters into her own hands, armed with local legends related by the old gardener and her grandfather's collection of occult books.

This little book is very well-written and creates a wonderfully spooky atmosphere which brought to mind Susan Hill's similarly brief ghost stories, particularly The Woman in Black. I think my favourite details were the scary tales told to Iris by Marsh, the gardener. Like most stories of this genre, it's an ideal read for a dark, stormy night; but it's unsurprisingly lacking in detail and after the pivotal event of the plot occurs, it feels very rushed. I also disliked Iris and found her hatred of the governess childish given that she's a teenager, not a little girl. I could have done without the denouncement of said governess as a 'harlot' and all the stuff about evil women luring men to their doom, too, though I am guessing this was meant to be a reflection of Iris's jealousy. Finally, the illustrations: these may have added enjoyment to the book for some readers, and it's true that with the story being so short, there's a need for something to flesh out the pages. But I thought they were very kitsch, and old-fashioned in the worst way.

Isis is worth the short amount of time it takes to read it, and if you're looking for a quick, spine-chilling read for Halloween, it's a perfect fit. It's insubstantial, though, and would work better as part of an anthology of short stories. (less)

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Oct 01, 2011 Erin O'Riordan rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I don't know much about the personal religious beliefs of Douglas Clegg, but if he's not a Pagan, he sure does a good impression of one. The last book I read by this author was Mordred: Bastard Son, and I was impressed by the poetic retelling of Arthurian legend. He breathes life and poetry into age-old Celtic legends.

Clegg revisits one of the old Arthurian stomping grounds, Cornwall, in more modern times in Isis. The novella centers on Iris, the daughter of an American actress/singer mother and...more

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Jan 31, 2010 Laurie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This short book- 113 pages that I read in an hour- is downright heartbreakingly sad. It’s a book of loss, a book of horror, a book of grief.

Set in the late Victorian era, Iris is the youngest child in a family with an absent father and a mother with depression. Her brothers are her only friends; Harvey, one of the twins that are 3 years older than her is her favorite. They spend their free time together; he protects her from his twin who has a streak of cruelty.

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Dec 11, 2009 Megan rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: librarybook

I picked up this book from the library a few days ago when I saw the title was a reference to Isis, the Egyptian goddess. I was intrigued by the concept of raising the dead and the hidden truth in the myths surrounding death proving true. I read it quickly but was left unsatisfied by the story.

The characters are well developed for such a short novella (113 pages) but there is something lacking in story. First, the story takes a surprisingly long time to develop--the main event in the plot takes...more

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Nov 18, 2010 Howling Black rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, horror, american-narrative, douglas-clegg

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Oct 08, 2009 Cheryl rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Villier family’s homestead is situated right near a burial ground. There is an old legend regarding The Tombs or as it is also known as the “Isle of Apples”. A maiden who had lost her lover, traveled down to the tombs. She returned with her lover in tow and refusing to let him return to the underworld.

Iris Catherine Villiers is the younger sister to twin brothers, Harvey and Spence. Though, Harvey and Spence could not be more different from each other than night and day. Harvey is the sweet...more

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Nov 11, 2009 Robert rated it 4 of 5 stars

Isis by Douglas Clegg is a very quick read at only 111 pages. It is the story of Iris and her twin brother, Harvey and Spence whom live with their mother and move to their grandfather's house. Their father is said to be off in the war and so he is never there and the mother has a nanny/tutor to help take care of the children. As the story progresses, tragedy strikes and Iris makes a decision, one that can only lead to madness. There are a couple of sub plots added to enhance the eerie feel of th...more

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Oct 26, 2009 Aimee rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Isis is a book I received for review. In the instant I saw the cover and Douglas Clegg's website I was overcome by book lust, but I didn't realise that the book was a novella until it arrived in the mail. I mistakenly wrote the work off straight away as a poorly marketed children's picture book, but I was wrong. So very wrong.

Isis is the story of Iris Catherine Villiers, a girl growing up in a large, dark house atop rocky cliffs, with a governess who seems cold beneath her beauty, a set of older...more Isis is a book I received for review. In the instant I saw the cover and Douglas Clegg's website I was overcome by book lust, but I didn't realise that the book was a novella until it arrived in the mail. I mistakenly wrote the work off straight away as a poorly marketed children's picture book, but I was wrong. So very wrong.

Isis is the story of Iris Catherine Villiers, a girl growing up in a large, dark house atop rocky cliffs, with a governess who seems cold beneath her beauty, a set of older brother twins (one good, one bad) and a mother who has given up her dreams of the stage to play house while the children's father is at war. In a moment of furious will, Iris causes an event which alters her heart, her spirit, her very existence. But it is how Iris chooses to deal with this grief that carries the momentum of this book, along with the dark consequences that result from Iris' poisonous choice.

Strangely didactic in execution, Isis is a storytelling with the same black undertones as those existing in nursery rhymes and traditional Brothers Grimm fairytales. As the title Isis directs, the book draws its central nature from the Ancient Egyptian myth of the Queen Isis, who loses her husband, Osiris, to murder by a jealous enemy. Osiris as husband (who also happens to be Isis' brother!) is cut into parts by the enemy's wish and strewn all over the land. Rather than leave Osiris to rest in pieces, Isis' grief spurs her on to hunt for each piece and reassemble Osiris in the hope that he will be transformed to her living, breathing lover once more. As it turns out, the new Osiris cannot exist in the land of the living, but in Egyptian tradition where once you're royalty, you're always royalty, Osiris finds his new place as King, this time as the Lord of the Dead.

The writing in Clegg's Isis is Gothic in style, and sparse, with a preference for a strong and clear story without clogged detail. The author (wisely, I believe) draws all the characters sketchily, differentiating between them with a few carefully chosen sensory descriptions. For example, Iris' twin brothers can be told apart as "Spence smelled, in the summer, distinctly of dirt and pond water, while Harvey had a fragrance as if he'd rolled in lavender." There is nothing original about the story's characters unfortunately - you have the groundskeeper who enjoys regaling Iris with local ghost stories, the debaucherous nanny and the good and evil twin in a sprawling Victorian ancestral mansion with pulsing family tombs situated nearby. But it is the twist on the legend of Isis and Osiris that makes this black fable so refreshing. While Isis in the Egyptian myth is treated as a heroine, Clegg has treated his protagonist differently- Iris makes her choices out of the selfishness of longing and loss, and she is held at arm's length for the reader to see her actions as dark folly rather than heroic in nature.

Strangely, the novella is marketed as a horror - To my mind, however, those in search of a mysterious horror will be disappointed. There are some slightly horrible moments, but when it boils down to it Isis is a sad, wispy tale of love and the selfishness of loss and longing. In all truthfulness, this is not a book that promises to excite and delight and set the heart to hammering - its beauty is the more shy, retiring type.

Despite enjoying the generally creepy atmosphere, the slightly-cliched characters, the symbolism and the pretty writing, what truly makes this precious novella covetable is the gorgeous illustrations. Done in a style reminiscent of the original Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the spindly artworks are melancholy sweetness and ghostly sorrow in equal measure. The illustrations are clever as well as beautiful - the pictures twist and turn - you may glimpse an eerie face on the normalcy of a tree trunk, and then blink and the face is gone. You'll be wondering whether you're seeing things, but really - that's half the fun, innit?!

I could attempt to criticise Mr Clegg's sophisticated offering by wishing it to have been a novel rather than novella, but on second thoughts any extra length would completely ruin its prettily poetic nature.

All in all, this book was such a pleasant surprise, and I'll be reading more of Douglas Clegg's works having so enjoyed this latest one.

But if you're still wondering whether YOU will enjoy it, I can only give the following guidance: if you're the type of person that holds their breath going past graveyards for fear of inciting bad luck (or worse, raising the dead), this book might make your fears a little worse.
But if you're not too afraid of such things, and you can appreciate for a few moments the delicate beauty of, say a spiderweb's intricate threadings, before brushing it out of your path, then read Isis - it's enchantingly dark, sorrowful and only slightly dangerous.

Rating: Isis receives 4 deathly romantic stars.

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Nov 15, 2009 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: brothers, family-relationships, fiction, gothic-fiction, historical-fantasy, horror, library-books, paranormal, read-in-2009, reading-challenges, remarkable-reads, women, young-women

Douglas Clegg's Isis is a supremely creepy novella, with a fascinating Gothic aftertaste. According to my research, this novella is meant to provide a back story for a series of novels by Douglas Clegg. I will definitely be putting his other works on my lengthy tbr list! Isis is deliciously eerie and captivating. Iris is a well-written and sympathetic character and the setting and auxiliary characters are fantastic. I thoroughly expect the story to haunt my dreams tonight!

Isis is thrilling and...more

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Jun 25, 2012 Alexandra rated it 5 of 5 stars

Although this is 'a tale of the supernatural', it is not at all scary. It is beautiful. It is about the relationships that we have with the people that we love, in this case, it is Iris and her brother Harvey, and what happens when that bond is severed. How far we will go to bring that person back.

This book especially hit home with me because of the relationship that I have with my brother. I love him as if he were my own son. I feel so protective of him and yet I respect him so much and sometim...more

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Nov 29, 2012 Stacey rated it 4 of 5 stars

My wife (BECAUSE SHE'S AWESOME) presented me with this book last night at about 7pm and I finished it about 12 hours later, with most of the reading done on my commute into work.

This book confounded my expectations, but I think that's more my fault than the author's. It's a fairly straightforward tale, told deftly. I found it more sad than creepy. As I reflect upon it, I realize I appreciate it more for things that are hinted at, but not directly revealed.

The illustrations are well-done and adds...more

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Oct 31, 2009 Misfit rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: get-it-from-the-library, one-time-read-only

This is a very short novella (large print as well) and nicely illustrated. IMHO it would suit older children better than adults. The story of a young girl who learns to be careful what she wishes for - and not to strike a bargain with the dead. Thankfully it only took an hour to read. Get it from the library.

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Oct 31, 2011 Christina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: thriller-horror-suspense

This was a pretty good for such a short book. I usually have trouble connecting with characters in short stories, but the characters here were reasonably well developed. This fact is pretty amazing since the author developed them in such a sketchy way. Isis is a spooky read, a bit depressing and dark. One of the suprising things about the book was the hopeful way of thinking about death and the afterlife. (If the dead person gets to stay there!)

I think this would have been a 4 star book for me e...more

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Apr 02, 2011 Margaret Taylor added it

A chilling retelling of the story of Isis and Osiris, set in Victorian England.

The book is written as if it were a Victorian novel, but with wisps of modern sensibility stealing in here and there. Iris Villiers is a Gothic heroine with a touch of supernatural power who spends her days trapped on the ancestral estate with nothing to do. When her beloved brother Harvey dies from falling out a window, she’s willing to pay any price to bring him back from the dead.

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Jan 26, 2011 Mike Puma rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, fantasy

I started reading this novella with fairly low expectations—I was reading it for participation in a group (Cult Books) and wasn’t convinced it met the criteria for inclusion in the group’s discussion at all—it does, I suppose, but that says almost as much bad about the title as good about it. In any case, …

Isis Villiers, the novel’s protagonist, after an idyllic childhood on a sun-drenched American island, moves with her family to Cornwall and a remote mansion before her father goes off to suppo...more I started reading this novella with fairly low expectations—I was reading it for participation in a group (Cult Books) and wasn’t convinced it met the criteria for inclusion in the group’s discussion at all—it does, I suppose, but that says almost as much bad about the title as good about it. In any case, …

Isis Villiers, the novel’s protagonist, after an idyllic childhood on a sun-drenched American island, moves with her family to Cornwall and a remote mansion before her father goes off to support his family through his role as an arms merchant or some other war profiteer. The estate, which screams this-is-a-Gothic-novel, is surrounded by stone walls which include the Villiers’ family tomb. Oh, the estate also is visited annually by a dark, dreary storm season followed by a sunny, barefoot season, as different as night and day and which reflects the changing mood swings of Isis’ laudanum imbibing mother.

In spite of the dire warnings Isis hears about the dead being recalled to life, the local history replete with examples of the dead’s returns taking forms very different from the intentions of those who called them back, Isis is unable to resist the temptation to call back someone particularly close to her. Sound predictable so far? It is. It’s when Isis’ own call-back appears that the story takes the form of Mitch-Albom-does-a-Twilight-Zone-episode and this reader’s expectations bottomed out. Holy Shit! This cannot end like this! This totally sucks! But then, the joke was on me, Clegg doesn’t totally sell out with his ending—he comes dangerously close, but he does resist the cliché one starts to expect.

So I’m puzzled about the rating; I won’t decide until I actually post the review—something between 3 and 4 stars, I’m just not sure. Did I like it? Kinda. Can I recommend it? I can recommend it to genre-readers. Horror fans might not find it horrific enough; fantasy fans might not find it fantastic enough; Gothic novel fans—well, who the hell knows what it is they like? I’ve read Gothic novels I’ve liked better Northanger Abbey, for example. To its credit, reading it is very fast. The illustrations are fitting.

The back cover has this heading: Praise for Isis and Douglas Clegg. Below that heading are quotes from R.L. Stine, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub. If you find that list impressive, you might well like this book. If like me, you find that list entirely lackluster, you might want to read it anyway (I don't regret it). I hope that if you do read it, you react more favorably than I have and perhaps share the experience that some of my GR friends have had. If nothing else, you'll have the knowledge that someone, somewhere, thinks you've read a 'cult classic.'(less)

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Nov 20, 2009 Stephanie rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

Based on the summary alone, I thought Isis was going to be an amazing book. Sadly, I was wrong. Okay, it wasn't horrible or anything but I had expected some few hundred pages of reading directed to the young adult audience. However, the whole writing style and everything was directed to the middle grade people and it was an incredibly short novel. I mean, there was even pictures. I haven't read a book with pictures for the longest time.

The plot itself was fine but I kind of wished that something...more

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Sep 23, 2010 Michele Lee rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, horror-suspense, signed-arc, reviewed, favorites

I won this book in a contest.

Isis is the first work I've ever read by Douglas Clegg and I have to wonder why it took me so long. Isis is a classic style horror story, part darkness, death and depression, and part fairy tale. Gorgeously written it's the tale of Iris Villiers, a girl who grew up wandering a land haunted by ghosts and legends, who by all means should have known better than to breach the veil between the living and the dead.

Short (about 100 pages) Isis is full of barely restraine...more

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Feb 06, 2012 Artur Coelho rated it 4 of 5 stars

A passagem à puberdade, o sentimento de perda por alguém que se ama e antigos mitos e lendas colidem nesta surpreendente e intimista história de assombrações que regressa ao mito egípcio de Isis e Osíris. Numa mansão aristocrática da cornualha, uma rapariga vive no meio de antigas lendas e ao perder tragicamente o irmão favorito encontra uma forma de o trazer de volta do mundo dos mortos. Mas há um preço a pagar, trágico e elevado, que irá para sempre amargurar o seu espírito. Escrito numa prosa...more

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Oct 25, 2009 Noah Soudrette rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, not-owned

While this book has a promising setup (i.e. Gothic mansion, crazy grandpa, creepy local superstitions) the story never really comes together. We know from the very beginning where things are headed, and when the big supernatural elements show up, they're suitably creepy, but there's no payoff or conclusion at the end. As I came to find out, while this is marketed as a standalone book, it's actually a prequel to some of Clegg's other novels. Well, I don't really want to read those right now, and...more

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Oct 12, 2009 Christopher H. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Christopher by: lonebearimages@gmail.com

Shelves: historical-fiction, neo-victorian-literature, read-in-2009, american-authors-translators, american-literature, fantasy-scifi, horror, modern-literature, my-western-canon

A gripping and truly macabre tale. The perfect read for late-October, or when you feel the need for something on the scary side. Douglas Clegg has given us a superb retelling of the Osiris and Isis myth, set in Cornwall during the Victorian Period. This is no tale for young children either; it is gritty, realistic, and terribly bittersweet, with moral lessons throughout. This is a novella to read aloud to family and friends while safely ensconced in a warm living room in front of the fire. The i...more

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Jan 15, 2010 Jen rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed the beginning of the book. Clegg built the characters well and they were, despite being somewhat single-faceted, interesting. His descriptions are beautiful and haunting. It reminded me about some of the great "creepy" short stories I grew up with.
However, about 3/4ths of the way through, the book lost its intensity for me. It almost felt rushed and resolved itself too quickly and too easily.

A quick read. I picked this up at one of the display shelves at the library but I wouldn...more

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Aug 31, 2010 Alana rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: gothic, fairy-tales

I received a free review copy of this book from the publisher.

Iris Villiers roamed all along the dreary cliffs and rocks of her crumbling ancestral home Belerion Hall in Cornwall - always in the company of her gentle brother Harvey. But despite his protection, there is an ancient power lurking among the tombs of her home. And when an accident occurs, Iris learns that she has the power to speak to the dead - and that her life resembles the myth of Isis more than she ever thought possible.

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Mar 13, 2010 Yoon rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

Interesting supernatural tale in which the drama of a girl, her twin brothers, and the rest of the household relive, in part, the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. (Given the title of the novel, this is really not giving anything away.) Sadly, although the story is tautly told in the first 3/4, the last quarter of the thing falls down and bored me half to sleep with platitudes. It's a shame. Still, I will probably read Clegg again if I find a review of something that sounds intriguing.

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“He put his hand over my mouth. His hand felt warm, full of blood, the hand of a living man. “Death is a gift, so long as it is nature’s hand. But this,” he drew his hand away, and nodded toward the dead man in the grass. “When we are called back unnaturally, Death demands a price, for there is always a balance. If I am alive, then someone else must die before his time. This is what you have done. But he is the lucky one. He is at peace. I know what awaits him, and I envy him.” — 5 people liked it

“Sometimes, they wait. Sometimes, you see the dead come in to the harbor, and their old dogs are all along the docks, wagging their tails, for they have waited for their masters and mistresses for many years. You see mothers who have missed their sons. Fathers who had never spoken of love to their children, ready to embrace them as they voyage from the end of life. It shows the lies of this world, you see. We are wrong about so many things here. Mankind has done terrible things, yet we are forgiven.” — 4 people liked it

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