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" This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting8212 plus, characters willing to risk everything. 8212 Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club October '23 Pick) Starling Houseis a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January.I dream sometimes about a house I've never seenOpal is a lot of things8212 orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier8212 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 rumors8212 and her home. Everyone agrees that it's best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway.I should be scared, but in the dream I don't hesitate.Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House8212 and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund8212 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.In my dream, I'm home.And now she'll have to fight. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare. A Book of the Month Club Pick An October 2023 Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads October 2023 Hall of Fame Pick Apple, Best Books of October EW.com, Fall Book Must Reads 2023Washington Post , Noteworthy Books for OctoberPaste Magazine , The Must-Read Fantasy Books of Fall 2023PopSugar Best New Fantasy Books of 2023BookPage , Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023Observer , Must-Read Books of Fall 2023Polygon , 12 Best New SFF for the FallLitHub , October's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Bookish, October's Most-Anticipated BooksGizmodo , October's Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. "
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Biographisches: "Alix E. Harrow is the 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." Rezension(2): " Olivie Blake , New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six : Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent , and Starling House , with its gentle reassurances of the homes we make and the love we deserve, is more than satisfying. It's pure loveliness in book form. " Rezension(3): " Andrea Stewart , author of The Bone Shard Daughter :Gorgeous, poignant, and honest-- an unforgettable read. " Rezension(4): " Kat Howard , Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians : As knife-edged and sharp as its protagonist ...A smart, spectacular contemporary Gothic that will leave its roots in you and linger in your dreams." Rezension(5): " Melissa Albert , New York Times bestselling author, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January :Devastatingly good, a sharp, delicate nested tale of worlds within worlds, stories within stories, and the realm-cracking power of words." Rezension(6): " Tamora Pierce , New York Times bestselling author, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January :One of the most unique works of fiction I've ever read." Rezension(7): " Peng Shepherd , author of The Book of M, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January :I couldn't put it down." Rezension(8): " NPR on The Ten Thousand Doors of January :One for the favorites shelf... Here is a book to make you happy when you gently close it. Here you will find wonder and questions and an unceasingly gorgeous love of words which compasses even the shape a letter makes against a page." Rezension(9): " Kirkus Reviews on The Ten Thousand Doors of January :A love letter to imagination, adventure, the written word, and the power of many kinds of love." Rezension(10): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: May 1, 2023 In 19th-century Kentucky, E. Starling wrote a well-known fantasy called The Underland and then disappeared, leaving behind the now tumbledown Starling House, inhabited by its last moody heir, Arthur. Opal takes a job there, hoping to earn money to help her brother. But the house starts feeling like home, and soon she's teaming up with Arthur to uncover its secrets. From the Hugo Award--winning Harrow,with a 250,000-copy first printing. Prepub Alert. Copyright 2023 Library JournalCopyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(11): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from July 31, 2023 Hugo Award winner Harrow ( The Ten Thousand Doors of January ) does it again in this tender and triumphant haunted house story. The closest thing to a home that Opal has ever known is the motel room where she lives with her younger brother, Jasper, but she’s plagued by mysterious dreams about wandering through Starling House, the most notorious building in the coal-mining town of Eden, Ky., complete with perpetually slamming doors and a light that cuts through the town’s thick, rising mist. None of the townsfolk have ever seen the inside save for the unsettling and reclusive Starling family, but in Opal’s dreams she knows the interior intimately. She feels called to investigate her connection to the house and the family, but along the way she’ll have to determine which secrets she’s ready to uncover and who and what she’s willing to fight for. Harrow’s prose cuts straight to the heart as she melds a story of family legacy and historical oppression with a stirring call to speak the truth. Readers will be left chewing on this tale long after the last page, and Starling House will no doubt take its place alongside fiction’s most memorable haunted houses. (Oct.) Correction: An earlier version of this review incorrectly described the protagonist as a teenager. " Rezension(12): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from July 1, 2023 The town of Eden, KY, has its share of bad luck, and Opal has seen much of it her entire life. She will do anything to get her younger brother out of Eden and on a path to a better life. When an opportunity arises at the infamous Starling House, Opal won't let scary stories, dire warnings, or a moody heir get in her way. The house, built by a reclusive author, has intrigued Opal since her childhood. However, it seems that family secrets are not limited to the Starlings, and Opal will have to face down her own legacy that ties her to the house, the beasts of Underhill, and those who want the dark secrets for their own use. Harrow's captivating prose centers her flawed, cynical protagonists in a haunting plot of horrible actions, fog-hidden beasts, and moving connections between family, friends, and lovers. Fans of Shirley Jackson and Catriona Ward should pick this up. VERDICT Harrow's ( A Mirror Mended ) mash-up of twisted fairy tales and Southern gothic fiction is a haunting story of longing, lies, and generational curses. --Kristi ChadwickCopyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(13): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: September 1, 2023 In Harrow's latest (after A Mirror Mended, 2022), a redheaded girl named Opal dreams of drowning and of a decrepit house. She ignores the dreams, too busy taking care of her younger brother and figuring out where they might find their next meal. When she ventures to Starling House, she meets Arthur Starling, who has been fighting a lifelong battle against what lies beneath, and who swears he will be the house's last warden. But Opal, hard edged and hungry, wants something different. Starling House is a brilliant book,Harrow's world building and writing style speak to her authorial experience and love of the story she writes. It is at once fantasy and reality, tied up in an inextricable knot that speaks truth about the things we need and the things we want, what we wish we could do to those who try to make us feel less than, and what reality calls for. This is a tale readers can get lost in, and they will still be in it long after the final page. COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
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