Book Synopsis:
You’ll be the woman of this house, next, miss. And you’ll like it.’
1947
Governess Alice Miller loves Winterbourne the moment she sees it. Towering over the Cornish cliffs, its dark corners and tall turrets promise that, if Alice can hide from her ghosts anywhere, it’s here.
And who better to play hide and seek with than twins Constance and Edmund? Angelic and motherless, they are perfect little companions.
2018
Adopted at birth, Rachel’s roots are a mystery. So, when a letter brings news of the death of an unknown relative, Constance de Grey, Rachel travels to Cornwall, vowing to uncover her past.
With each new arrival, something in Winterbourne stirs. It’s hiding in the paintings. It’s sitting on the stairs.
It’s waiting in a mirror, behind a locked door.
The Women In The Mirror is available now in ebook and paperback, you can purchase a copy of both here.
My Review:
Ooh I do love a dark creepy book and The Woman In The Mirror definitely ticked both of those boxes.
From the start the book is incredibly atmospheric, especially when it comes to the eerie descriptions of the house. The air almost crackles with mystery and feels weighed down with all the secrets the house holds. The reader is given the sense that anything can happen at any moment which made me quite jumpy at times. This is definitely a book to read with lots of people about and the light on! The description of all the paintings in the house sent a chill down my spine as they seemed so threatening and I shared Alice’s sense that they were watching her.
I felt quite sorry for both of the main characters who were both trying to find a new start and a place to belong. It was quite emotional to see them not get the happy new life they hoped. Both of them are hiding secrets in their past which I was very intrigued to find out more about.
The secrets of the house and what happened to Alice are slowly and tantalisingly unwrapped which ensured I was thoroughly gripped to the last page. The slow merging of Alice and Rachel’s story was very realistically done and never seemed forced with some far fetched connection to each other. I felt that this story could have actually happened, which did also help to add to the tension in the book.
The ending was brilliant and I closed the book with a happy, contented sigh of having read a fantastic book. If anything I felt a little sad to have to leave the characters and Winterbourne behind.
Huge thanks to HQ stories and Joe Thomas for my copy if this book via Netgalley and for inviting me onto the blog tour. If you like dark, creepy and atmospheric books with a dual timeline mystery than you will love this book!
About The Author:
Rebecca James was born in 1983. She worked in publishing for several years before leaving to write full-time, and is now the author of eight previous novels written under pseudonym. Her favourite things are autumn walks, Argentinean red wine and curling up in the winter with a good old-fashioned ghost story. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two daughters.
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