Spooky, gothic fiction, with a fantastic moody house as the 3rd main character.
I enjoyed this but found it lacked a bit of _something_ to make it really memorable. It wasn't quite spooky enough, not quite enough monsters, not quite romantic enough. I'm not sure who the right people to recommend this to are. I enjoyed it, I think I probably need to sit on it a while to figure out precisely who it's for.

A contemporary gothic fairy tale about a small town haunted by the history it can't quite seem to bury and the canny, clever young woman who finds herself drawn to the house that sits at the crossroads of it all. Starling House is odd and ugly and fully of secrets, just like its heir. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but it might be a chance to get her brother out of Eden, and it feels dangerously like something she's never had: a home. But she isn't the only one interested in the house, or the horrors and wonders that lie beneath it. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it. She'll have to dig up her family's dark past and let herself dream of a brighter future. She'll have to go down, down into Underland, and claw her way back to the light.

A wonderfully dark and mysterious gothic fairytale. The writing was lush while the story flowed so well. The descriptions and atmosphere really made this book so delicious. Loved the prose while the characters were realistic and well rounded. The story was interesting and I found it hard to put down.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc