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Gothic story. Haunted house. Terrible relatives. Second chance at love (M/M). Neurodivergent MC.

Literally the only thing I like about winter is the way the sky glows on cloudy nights. I read with the house lights off and the drapes open so I can gaze at it.

Tonight‘s glowy-sky read is KJ Charles‘s latest, which I‘m very much enjoying for its hardcore gothicness. Hoping to log some more time with it before I pass out tonight, though I might switch to bed (which has no sky view) because reading on an iPad really is a pain.

Pretty good.

Well, this was just delightful! I think I am entering into my cozy British mystery era! 🧐🔍

I feel seen 😂♥️📚!

My first KJ Charles, but definitely not my last! A truly excellent historical murder mystery where the killer is revealed but someone else emerges as the true villain. Wonderfully drawn characters and themes, including class, race, disability, abortion, and queerness as they play out in a group of friends attending Oxford in the 1890s. Ten years later, after an unsolved murder, our protagonist Jem sets out to finally find whodunnit. 🔥🍂🌧

Excellent narrator, excellent queer, creepy fun. I agree with @shanaqui that the way his family treats neurodivergent Zeb is very distressing but the romance and bizarre twists of the story are terrific. (I guessed a bit, recognizing one authorial influence -- but there was so much more!) I feel like reading the whole thing over in print now.

Important warning: alongside period-typical homophobia and misogyny, the main character has ADHD and people are awful to him for it.

It took me a while to get into this as a consequence, but this evening I sat down and dug in, and loved it. Properly gothic thriller, though. For that I'll say it's a #HauntedShelf recommendation!

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Haunted house, crazy family with even weirder family secrets, MC with ADHD, M/M romance

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Preordered, officially published last week and I'm surprised it's here already. My unreliable bookshop estimated it to be delivered in December. 🙄🙄

I guess this time my @DeweysReadathon is going to be packed with re-reads.