Stacey Thomas

This book was definitely super interesting!
The writing was gorgeous, and made me feel like someone from the witch trials time period might have written it, making me believe the characters do exist.
This in-depth view of the atmosphere during the witch trials, and adding some fantasy elements to it, made it fascinating and definitely good food for thought.
I liked a lot of the characters, and still think about them as people that might have existed.
The main issues for me where that during many moments I felt like I was missing something, some information maybe, as if it was a sequel and I hadn't read the 1st book (it's not, it's a standalone book)? The pace was a bit off in the middle of the book, which to be honest I didn't mind that much as I liked the worldbuilding, but I also felt like the magic was under-developed and under-utilised in the book. I wanted more, to see more, understand more, and get a sense of what it feels like to hear the dead sing. We only read the lyrics for each song when Nicholas was hearing something, but it didn't feel real enough to me, so I was starved for more for most of the book.
That said, I enjoyed it a lot, it was different to a lot of books I've read so far and was really rewarding in the end.

I want to thank NetGalley and Harper Collins for gifting me an advanced copy of the book in exchange for a fair review.… (más)