A review by exlibriscass
Maplecroft by Cherie Priest

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜•๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ฆ.

Lizzie Borden x Lovecraftian water horrors told through varying perspectiveโ€™s journal entries - add some absolutely phenomenal writing and you have a recipe for an amazing book!  

It definitely had a bit of a slow start but once freaky things started happening I was hooked. I loved how things were revealed overtime and the slow ramp up of the horror going from the background to the foreground. I also appreciated how fleshed out and real the different characters felt.

There obviously was a lot of divergence from the actual history of Lizzie Borden but it was a really interesting backdrop for the overall story so I donโ€™t think that took away from my enjoyment of the novel.