Child of Fear & Fire

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I’ve been wanting to read this book for some time. No idea why I put it off but I regret not reading it sooner!

We follow a young girl Eliza who is a servant girl at Norlane Hall. She is grossly mistreated and abused by the family. Eliza constantly lives in fear, though there is a darkness following her. The voices in her head feed off her dark thoughts and there’s a certain warmth to them. She doesn’t quite know if the voices are her own or something else. At the skirts of Norlane Hall lies a mysterious forest which remains untouched, until the young daughters of the house decide they want to explore it and manipulating Eliza to go. Little do they know, it’s about to change everything.

This is an atmospheric, dark and spooky read. Although it’s short in length, there is so much detail in the story telling. It’s definitely full of intrigue and anticipation. I was wondering if Eliza did have a mental illness, if there was a dark presence that wanted to interact with her or if it was a combination of both. This story definitely has impact because now I’m wondering if it’d be better to listen to the audiobook as it may take the story to another level.

I definitely want to check out more of this authors work.