THE HOUSE AT WATCH HILL by Karen Marie Moning was my most anticipated book this year. As a fan for many years, Iβve been yearning for a new book from Moning. Thankfully, the long wait was worth it. This first book in a brand-new trilogy is beyond phenomenal!
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There is no one who writes quite like Karen Marie Moning. Her ability to string readers along with her enticing words is excellent. She teases and taunts, weaving a bigger picture with each sentence. And yet, there are still so many secrets untold.
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If you are new to Moningβs writing, my best advice is to be patient. Her stories unravel slowly, but as each piece is revealed, it paints a vivid, powerful picture. Iβve never been able to predict Moningβs next move.
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I do see some similarities to her popular Fever series. Zo reminds me a lot of Mac with her independence and powerful seductiveness. And the same goes for the other characters. As we continue to learn more about them throughout the series, Iβm sure Iβll fall in love with them too.
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THE HOUSE AT WATCH HILL blew me away. Rife with passion and intrigue, this new series will definitely capture the hearts of Moningβs readers once again. This is definitely my favorite book of the year so far.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets...
Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill—but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.
Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.
Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd…
What Zo doesn’t yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn’t quite comprehend—or risk being consumed by them.
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