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The End of Temperance Dare
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Wendy Webb (Goodreads Author)
Haunting and atmospheric, The End of Temperance Dare is another thrilling page-turner from the author reviewers are calling the Queen of the Northern Gothic.
When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists’ retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor’s dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a “waiting room for death.” After years of covering murder and vio ...more
When Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a renowned artists’ retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor’s dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a “waiting room for death.” After years of covering murder and vio ...more
Kindle Edition, 336 pages
Published
June 6th 2017
by Lake Union Publishing
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Mar 07, 2017
Chelsea Humphrey
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When I first spied this book as a pre-order on my kindle, I knew I had to learn more about it. The description yelled READ ME and sounded so incredibly different than most anything I've read before published by Lake Union that I literally could not hit the request button fast enough on NetGalley. Fast forward to this week and I finally was able to carve out the time to read it. I was gripped from the very first chapter; I've not read a book by Webb before but I've heard from all over how well sh
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Many of us as readers have our guilty reading pleasure. For some it is lighter reads than we normally read, maybe bodice rippers, but or me it is ghost stories. Not so much cheaper horror but ghost stories set in spooky settings. This one fit the bill nicely. Set on the shores of Lake Superior in a building that at one time was a TB sanitarium, it is now an artist's retreat. In the past though it was a place where many died or were waiting to die. It was owned by the Dare family and in this book
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Another absolutely engrossing and creepy tale from Ms. Webb! I have read all her books and she is an auto buy author for me. Southern Gothic is one of my favorite genres but Ms. Webb writes Northern Gothic and her novels are set around The Great Lakes. Extremely atmospheric The End of Temperance Dare is full of kooky characters and creepy twists and turns. I highly recommend this to readers looking for a tale they can get lost in and get frightened by!
A cozy ghost story filled with mystery, interesting characters and a surprising ending makes the fourth book I have read by one of my favorite authors, Wendy Webb. Another winner!
Curl up with a cup of coffee or tea in a quiet night and follow the former crime reporter - Eleanor - becoming the new director of an isolated artist's retreat for writers, poets, painters and wildlife photographers in search of solitude.
Be aware that the same place was a sanatorium for children and people who were very ...more
Curl up with a cup of coffee or tea in a quiet night and follow the former crime reporter - Eleanor - becoming the new director of an isolated artist's retreat for writers, poets, painters and wildlife photographers in search of solitude.
Be aware that the same place was a sanatorium for children and people who were very ...more
A creepy and atmospheric tale. This is one to curl up with on a stormy night. You might want to keep a light on, though. You never know what's lurking about...
Eleanor Harper is ready for a change. She's spent most of her life as a crime reporter, but it's finally getting to her. She just doesn't have the heart for it anymore. When she learns of a tempting job opening, she's excited. A long-time director of a retreat for artists is finally retiring. It's quite a departure from her journalism, bu ...more
Eleanor Harper is ready for a change. She's spent most of her life as a crime reporter, but it's finally getting to her. She just doesn't have the heart for it anymore. When she learns of a tempting job opening, she's excited. A long-time director of a retreat for artists is finally retiring. It's quite a departure from her journalism, bu ...more
As a BIG fan of haunted houses did The End of Temperance Dare really appeal to me. I mean an artist retreat that used to be a tuberculosis sanatorium? Count me in!
Now, this book isn't particularly scary, but it's interesting, atmospheric and well-written. I like that one really gets to know Eleanor Harper and that not everything happens too fast. It's not like the story is boring, the pacing is even, and we get to follow Eleanor as she learns the ropes of being the new director. She has hardly ...more
Now, this book isn't particularly scary, but it's interesting, atmospheric and well-written. I like that one really gets to know Eleanor Harper and that not everything happens too fast. It's not like the story is boring, the pacing is even, and we get to follow Eleanor as she learns the ropes of being the new director. She has hardly ...more
DNF @ 35%
I was really looking forward to this one. It was classed as a mystery horror, doesn’t that sound just so perfect for me? Unfortunately there was too much wrong with this book for me to be interested in delving into it any further.
My first annoyance with this book was how clunky the writing was. Nothing flowed particularly well, and even though some of the descriptions were well done, it didn’t do anything to help the overall feel of the novel.
Eleanor Harper is a grown woman, yet she tal ...more
I was really looking forward to this one. It was classed as a mystery horror, doesn’t that sound just so perfect for me? Unfortunately there was too much wrong with this book for me to be interested in delving into it any further.
My first annoyance with this book was how clunky the writing was. Nothing flowed particularly well, and even though some of the descriptions were well done, it didn’t do anything to help the overall feel of the novel.
Eleanor Harper is a grown woman, yet she tal ...more
I received this ARC from netgalley.com in exchange for a review.
Eleanor Harper is ready for a change; in her job and in her life. When she takes the job as the director of a renowned artists’ retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor’s dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a “waiting room for death.”
A pretty good ghost story full of creative story twists without bloody grotesque language. It's all about your imagination and I can imagine myself sitting around a campfire in the great nort ...more
Eleanor Harper is ready for a change; in her job and in her life. When she takes the job as the director of a renowned artists’ retreat, she knows nothing of Cliffside Manor’s dark past as a tuberculosis sanatorium, a “waiting room for death.”
A pretty good ghost story full of creative story twists without bloody grotesque language. It's all about your imagination and I can imagine myself sitting around a campfire in the great nort ...more
5/5 Stars!
This may be my favorite Wendy Webb novel to date. It definitely had the most fleshed out plot and characters of her four books, and this one was WAY creepy. It was like Rose Red with possession. Eleanor was a fantastic narrator, and I loved figuring out the mystery of the Dare family and Cliffside Manor right there with her. I had a feeling about the story the whole time, but I had no idea such a crazy twist was coming! I recommend all of Webb's books, they really are fantastic, but th ...more
This may be my favorite Wendy Webb novel to date. It definitely had the most fleshed out plot and characters of her four books, and this one was WAY creepy. It was like Rose Red with possession. Eleanor was a fantastic narrator, and I loved figuring out the mystery of the Dare family and Cliffside Manor right there with her. I had a feeling about the story the whole time, but I had no idea such a crazy twist was coming! I recommend all of Webb's books, they really are fantastic, but th ...more
WOW! Just 100% knocked my socks off WOW!!!
I am really at a loss to explain how amazing this book was. Wendy Webb is a true magician weaving creepy ghost stories together. I've read all of her books and while I loved each and every one of them....this one by far is my favorite.
One of the best books I've ever read!
I am really at a loss to explain how amazing this book was. Wendy Webb is a true magician weaving creepy ghost stories together. I've read all of her books and while I loved each and every one of them....this one by far is my favorite.
One of the best books I've ever read!
Jun 09, 2017
Alisi ☆ wants to read too many books ☆
rated it
did not like it
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I feel like my life has sunk to a new low. This is one of those books that makes you question all your life choices. I feel like I was on a tall bridge, threatening suicide, and then someone said 'yes, kill yourself.' So I did and now I'm in the Hell of having read this POS.
I can't even think of one good thing to say. In this book, we get a stupid woman, insta love, triangle love, and everyone complimenting the stupid woman. She's 40 something and she's chasing after these two guys, who she spen ...more
I can't even think of one good thing to say. In this book, we get a stupid woman, insta love, triangle love, and everyone complimenting the stupid woman. She's 40 something and she's chasing after these two guys, who she spen ...more
If you frighten easily at all, do not make my mistake and read this book in the dark in an unfamiliar house. Wendy Webb's latest Gothic style mystery is set in a repurposed tuberculosis sanitarium in the North Woods, where Eleanor Harper has just begun her new position as the director of Cliffside's artist retreat program. Very quickly, she finds herself out of her league as the new challenges of the position compete with a sense that something is very much so not-right at the house. The tension
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 Stars
Thank you Wendy Webb. ❤
Your Gothic novels never disappoint!
Narrator Xe Sands did a very nice job.
Almost clean except for,
a few small words. ...more
Thank you Wendy Webb. ❤
Your Gothic novels never disappoint!
Narrator Xe Sands did a very nice job.
Almost clean except for,
a few small words. ...more
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“Death lived within these walls; she could feel it hanging in the air, as tangible as the fog outside.”
Eleanor Harper, as fate would have it, has become the director of an artist’s retreat at Cliffside Manor. That the place and it’s grounds were once ‘a waiting room for death’ (a sanatorium housing adults and children infected with tuberculosis) may well be the reason this ‘peaceful manor’ is anything but. Is it possible suffering clings to the s ...more
“Death lived within these walls; she could feel it hanging in the air, as tangible as the fog outside.”
Eleanor Harper, as fate would have it, has become the director of an artist’s retreat at Cliffside Manor. That the place and it’s grounds were once ‘a waiting room for death’ (a sanatorium housing adults and children infected with tuberculosis) may well be the reason this ‘peaceful manor’ is anything but. Is it possible suffering clings to the s ...more
I would like to thank Lake Union Publishing, NetGalley and Wendy Webb for the ARC of "The End of Temperance Dare" by Wendy Webb for my honest review.
The genres of this novel are General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction, Para Normal, Mystery and Suspense.
I like the way that Wendy Webb describes the setting at Cliffside Manor, a former Tuberculosis Sanatorium, now a place for Artists and Writers to retreat to. Between the beauty of the grounds, and the dark and weird descriptions of the large mans ...more
The genres of this novel are General Fiction (Adult), Women's Fiction, Para Normal, Mystery and Suspense.
I like the way that Wendy Webb describes the setting at Cliffside Manor, a former Tuberculosis Sanatorium, now a place for Artists and Writers to retreat to. Between the beauty of the grounds, and the dark and weird descriptions of the large mans ...more
Agatha Christie meets Linda Blair in this book of things that go bump in the night. The story has the makings of a good mystery but it is derailed by so many things. Eleanor, A recently fired crime reporter accepts a job for which she has absolutely no qualifications. How does that happen? She arrives at Cliffside Manor, a previous TB Sanitarium, which is now an artist retreat. Again, a previous crime reporter is now the Director of an Artist’s Retreat. Really? If you dispense with the increduli
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Jul 11, 2017
Mrs Mommy Booknerd http://mrsmommybooknerd.blogspot.com
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Wow, just wow. I adored this book. It was creepy and deep and brilliant and so Webb. She has such a way with building a sense of time and place. She knows how to bring out the creeps with such a stunning story. She can grab you, and engage you and make sure that the reader is left fully satisfied. You will have thrills, you will dream about the story and it will leave you craving more. Another brilliant read from a master of the Gothic tales.
I absolutely loved The Tale of Halcyon Crane and The Fate of Mercy Alban, so when I saw there was a new book out I was very excited to read it. This book did not disappoint, there was the right amount of mystery, throw in some ghosts, a spooky house that was once a TB sanatorium and always seems to be foggy and a creepy girl who could kill people and you get a great read.
Eleanor is now the director of Cliffside, a retreat for Artists and Writers. On the same day she arrives, Penelope Dare, whom ...more
Eleanor is now the director of Cliffside, a retreat for Artists and Writers. On the same day she arrives, Penelope Dare, whom ...more
The end of temperence dare by Wendy Webb.
Eleanor is of to a new job at cliffside manor. She will be the new director fierce Penelope retires. It is a getaway for artists to get away from it all. Cliffside is known all over the world. Penelope father built it in 1925 originally for Tuberculosis patients.
This was a very eerie and spooky read. I just had to continue reading to see if my suspicions were true. I loved Eleanor and Richard. They were my favourite characters. OMG shocking or what. I de ...more
Eleanor is of to a new job at cliffside manor. She will be the new director fierce Penelope retires. It is a getaway for artists to get away from it all. Cliffside is known all over the world. Penelope father built it in 1925 originally for Tuberculosis patients.
This was a very eerie and spooky read. I just had to continue reading to see if my suspicions were true. I loved Eleanor and Richard. They were my favourite characters. OMG shocking or what. I de ...more
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3.5/5
Thank you to Ashley Vanicek and Lake Union Publishing for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for review! All opinions are my own.
The End of Temperance Dare opened strong, leaving a creepy and uneasy feeling with the reader, progressed at a mild pace with a few scares here and there, and ends on an alright note. This was definitely a book that gave me the creeps at a few points and I really enjoyed the writing styl ...more
3.5/5
Thank you to Ashley Vanicek and Lake Union Publishing for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for review! All opinions are my own.
The End of Temperance Dare opened strong, leaving a creepy and uneasy feeling with the reader, progressed at a mild pace with a few scares here and there, and ends on an alright note. This was definitely a book that gave me the creeps at a few points and I really enjoyed the writing styl ...more
3.5 Stars There are a lot of strange happenings going on at Cliffside Manor when Eleanor Harper arrives there to take over the director's position. She notices strange things and feelings of impending doom and this is even before things start happening.
First off, the outgoing director commits suicide the night after Eleanor takes the reins. Her note, while strange leaves no doubt it was her decision. Then, other strange notes start appearing. There are noises, things moving - all the ghostly phe ...more
First off, the outgoing director commits suicide the night after Eleanor takes the reins. Her note, while strange leaves no doubt it was her decision. Then, other strange notes start appearing. There are noises, things moving - all the ghostly phe ...more
I usually don't read scary books so this was a change for me. I really enjoyed it. I will be checking out Wendy Webb's other books. Eleanor Harper becomes the director of an artist's retreat that used to be a tuberculosis sanitarium in the 1950's. From the moment she starts working there she has a lot of bad feelings. When the artist's show up for their session, the secrets of the house are exposed and Eleanor needs to save herself and the artists. Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishin
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This Is a well written and carefully plotted gothic (yes!) with creepy atmospherics and a good character in Eleanor. It kind of follows the classic lines of the genre= the old sanitarium, the earlier murder, the intrepid newly with a history - and it does it well. I liked the way the story spooled out slowly (I mean that positively) rather than hitting you over the head. It never gets too out there with the paranormal or the incredible. I'd not read Webb before so thanks to Netgalley for the ARC
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Wendy Webb sets her story in a sanitarium which was a medical facility used to treat tuberculosis before technology gave us medicine. Back then people died at an alarming rate and were often kept quarantined in these ‘hospitals’ so it was easy to believe the tormented spirits of these people haunted those buildings as they fell out of fashion to be left abandoned to ruin. Webb obviously put some time into researching this stuff because her work is detailed and authentic which heightens that chil
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Very interesting tale! Couldn't leave the book alone!
First line: They gave her the bed by the window, the one closest to the toy box.
Summary: Former reporter Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a famous artists’ retreat near Lake Superior, Cliffside Manor. Not long after Eleanor’s arrival, she finds the kindly old woman who is the daughter of the founder and who has been director of the retreat dead in her room. Lots of wonderful spookiness ensues. Strange things happen to the artists in residence, and Eleanor herself finds that she has experie ...more
Summary: Former reporter Eleanor Harper becomes the director of a famous artists’ retreat near Lake Superior, Cliffside Manor. Not long after Eleanor’s arrival, she finds the kindly old woman who is the daughter of the founder and who has been director of the retreat dead in her room. Lots of wonderful spookiness ensues. Strange things happen to the artists in residence, and Eleanor herself finds that she has experie ...more
Once again Wendy Webb delivers a tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat, guessing, and so deep in that you feel you like you are one of the characters in the story. The only bad point of the book is that it ends and I now have to wait patiently til she writes another!
The End of Temperance Dare follows Eleanor Harper, a former crime reporter who is hired to be the director of an arts program at Cliffside Manor, a house with a mysterious past. She feels that the new job will be the start of a new and peaceful life for herself, just as much as the artists and writers who are chosen for the program. However, Eleanor finds herself overcome with a sense of dread, and once the participants of the program show up at the Manor, strange and horrifying circumstances fo
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I received an arc via Netgalley and this is my unbiased review.
A well written ghost story set in a former TB sanitarium. Great plot!
A well written ghost story set in a former TB sanitarium. Great plot!
I received an advanced copy of this title via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks!
This is a true ghost story in the vein of the Victorian style- think Wilkie Collins and the modern Susan Hill series. Atmospheric and engaging, I could not put it down. I loved how it reminded me of Clue and even The Westing Game: a group of individuals invited to a spooky place to figure out 'the game.' How are they linked? Will the mystery be solved?
This was a fun read. I was all up for a 5-s ...more
This is a true ghost story in the vein of the Victorian style- think Wilkie Collins and the modern Susan Hill series. Atmospheric and engaging, I could not put it down. I loved how it reminded me of Clue and even The Westing Game: a group of individuals invited to a spooky place to figure out 'the game.' How are they linked? Will the mystery be solved?
This was a fun read. I was all up for a 5-s ...more
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WENDY WEBB's novels are mysteries about long-buried family secrets, set in big, old haunted houses on the Great Lakes.
THE END OF TEMPERANCE DARE (2017, Lake Union) is set in a former tuberculosis sanatorium on Lake Superior, now a renowned retreat for artists and writers. When Eleanor Harper takes the helm as its new director and her first batch of visiting artists arrives, she begins to suspect t ...more
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THE END OF TEMPERANCE DARE (2017, Lake Union) is set in a former tuberculosis sanatorium on Lake Superior, now a renowned retreat for artists and writers. When Eleanor Harper takes the helm as its new director and her first batch of visiting artists arrives, she begins to suspect t ...more
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