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Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles
5.0

A must-read (buy) for gothic horror fans.
*Reccomended season of reading (to set the mood): early Spring or anytime Fall... Truly anywhere that has cool, rainy, glum vibes.

For me, this was akin to meeting the love child of Crimson Peak and Alice in Wonderland, but make it manic woodland, gothic chic.

To state the least, Midnight rooms is a beautiful, creeping tale of one woman's spiral into delirium via a sudden arranged marriage. Orabella is an orphaned, yet adult, young woman doing her best to become a proper and sophisticated wife after being married off by her uncle. This often means keeping her opinions and concerns to herself, no matter the oddities and eeriness she experiences in her new home and with her new husband and extended family.
Expect to be creeped out and confused. As Orabella finds, this is the way of life in Korringhill manor. Curl up in a cozy, dark room with a cuppa tea, maybe some honey, and follow Orabella down the rabbit hole of derelict rooms and family secrets.

Note- I'll be needing a physical copy of Midnight Rooms for my shelf as this cover is GORGEOUS, and this story has easily shot to the top of my yearly re-reads list.

Thanks to NetGalley and Amistad for the eARC!