“When Dad had been sentenced, I had been orphaned, practically and emotionally, at a much younger age than I had anticipated being parentless. I had been thrust into a new phase of life, a lonely phase, an unguided phase, which was both terrifying and oddly liberating.”

PLOT SUMMARY:

Morgan always knew her father, Owen, never murdered her mother, and has spent the last six years campaigning for his release from prison. Finally he is set free, but they can no longer live in the house that was last decorated by her mother’s blood. Salvation comes in the form of a tall, dark and notorious decorative granite tower on the Cornish coastline known only as ‘The Folly’. The owner makes them an offer: take care of the Folly, and you can live there. It’s an offer too good to refuse.

At first the Folly is idyllic, but soon a stranger arrives who acts like Morgan’s mother, talks like her mother, and wears her dead mother’s clothes. Is this stranger hell-bent on vengeance, in touch with her restless mother’s spirit itself, or simply just deranged? And, most importantly, what exactly happened the night Morgan’s mother died?

GRADE: A

REVIEW:

I usually enjoy Amor’s books, and this was no exception. I got invested really fast to the daughter/father relationship, especially since it explored a strained relationship caused by the father having been in jail for the murder of her mother for many years. However, Morgan never believed he was at fault. But once they begin to live at The Folly – a residence near a coastal town, strange things begin to happen. Morgan can’t figure out if her mother is trying to contact her through the possession of a stranger, or if the stranger is simply trying to mess with them. Family secrets left buried come to the surface and it changes everything. I liked this take on possession and I personally love it when someone can make a perfectly “happy-sounding” song creepy such as in the case of Abba’s Waterloo.

This was a fast read (because of impeccable pacing and short nature) so if you’re looking for a novella that explores father/daughter relationships, the meaning of family, grief, and a new take on possession then I recommend you pick this up as it’ll be the perfect read for you!

*Thank you so much to the author for the digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

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