Published by Atria Books Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism
Format: ARC, eBook
Having a special gift sounds exciting right?
Objects have stories to tell – both positive and negative. Two women with a shared gift are haunted by their pasts. Ev can feel the emotions that people leave behind on objects. She believes these items should be handled carefully and destroyed if possible. Harriett hoards objects and her neighbors are getting sick from the emotions that are traveling through the walls of her apartment into theirs.
When these women meet, they decide to work together to build a museum. What will happen when they do? What will the process be like?
There is a saying about leaving the past in the past, how do you do so when objects carry emotions and you feel them? When the past is tied to things you either covet or cast away? Will your gifts haunt you, cause you harm, bring danger, or will they set you free? What if you embrace your talent? What if you become immune to it? What if the objects you touch, affect, and/or change you?
This book is told through the POV of the two characters – Ev and Harriett. This book started slowly for me but picked up some steam. It’s hard to say too much without giving anything away. I found this book to be interesting, strange, different, original, and dark.
I found this to be a well-written debut novel. At times, I felt there was a little too much detail, but I do understand that she was doing this to show the women’s gifts, how they sense emotions, how objects absorb feelings and emotions.
*** Plus, that beautiful cover***
Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own
