
October '23 Pick
Starling House
Alix E. Harrow
Opal is a lot of things—orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier—but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that...
Starling House
Opal is a lot of things—orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier—but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors—and her home. Everyone agrees that it’s best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway. Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House—and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund—she can't resist. But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthur’s own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around. And now she’ll have to fight.
From Our Book Lover-In-Chief
This book has everything you could possibly want this fall ... a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting —plus, characters willing to risk everything. I can't wait to hear what you think about this gripping tale!
Our October Reese's Book Club pick is Starling House by Alix E. Harrow! This book has everything you could possibly want this fall ... a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting —plus, characters willing to risk everything. I can't wait to hear what you think about this gripping tale! Visit us at Reese's Book Club to discuss all month long. Bring on spooky season!!


FROM THE AUTHOR
Alix E. Harrow
Alix E. Harrow is the New York Times bestseller and Hugo Award winning author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, and various short fiction. Her Fractured Fables series, beginning with the novella A Spindle Splintered, has been praised for its refreshing twist on familiar fairy tales. A former academic and adjunct, Harrow lives in Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids.
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