pickA dark retelling of the story of Bluebeard. I love Melissa Marr and I also love the many versions I've already read of this classic so this was a win for me. I listened to the audio version of it which was hauntingly creepy. Fantastic all around!
I turn the key and open the door. A soft whooshing sound fills the dim room, as if many hearts are beating in time, as if many breaths are slipping away at once.
Months and weeks pass, and the air eventually turns cool. No one seeks the killer. No one searches for the taken. We simply wait, knowing that inevitably autumn will come—and another girl will vanish.
Months and weeks pass, and the air eventually turns cool. No one seeks the killer. No one searches for the taken. We simply wait, knowing that inevitably autumn will come—and another girl will vanish.
The Maiden Thief: A Tor.Com Original | 
