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Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

Start date: November 1, 2023

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Aug 05, 2024 Anastasia ｼ rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, contemporary, romance, 4-stars, 3-stars, adult, 2024, own, authors-h, mystery

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“A Warden falls. The house calls someone new–someone lost or lonely, someone whose home was stolen or sold or who never had a home in the first place. It calls them, and they come, and they are never homeless again.”

Starling House is a thrilling, slow-burn gothic fantasy that was tough to put down, yet slightly boring at the same time. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. It was interesting enough to keep me engaged but ...more

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Sep 24, 2023 Emma rated it it was amazing

Shelves: found-family, gothic, netgalley, mystery, contemporary, paranormal

I absolutely loved this! This is a testament to perseverance because the first 20% I wasn’t really feeling it and then suddenly BAM! I was ALL IN! I adored Opal and Arthur as MCs. This was gothic, a ghost story,magical and a mystery, definitely all about the underdog. This was a great example of the found family trope. I love the fact this author writes original and standalone novels, somewhat of a rarity in the fantasy genre. Brilliant. Many thanks to Netgalley for an arc of this book.

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Nov 09, 2023 Kim rated it liked it · review of another edition

I liked this audiobook fairly well. It was an interesting enough storyline to pull me through but not so intricate for me to get lost while listening and working. It was nice to hear a fantasy book that wasn’t overly juvenile or excessively creepy. Nicely done, although the footnotes (at least in the audio) didn’t feel all that necessary.

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Dec 06, 2023 BookandBird rated it really liked it

Starling House was 4 star read for me—a novel of mystery, magic, and dark beasts. I really enjoyed the setting Harrow built here. Her writing, too, was undeniably lyrical and evocative. So, then, why not 5 stars? In a word? Pacing. I’m glad I stuck with it because the second half was much more plot driven and I really got into it. I don’t doubt that, for some readers this will be 5 stars. I enjoyed it overall!

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