Starling House

Opal Gravely has spent her life obsessed with the mysterious Starling House - but when its reclusive heir offers her a job, she discovers there may be monsters lurking within. This is just the start of this sweeping, Gothic fairytale . . .

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick ''Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent'' - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six Step into Starling House - if you dare . . . Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Naomi Novik. Nobody in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But the town agrees it''s best to let this ill-omened mansion - and its last lonely heir - go to hell. Stories of the house''s bad luck, like good china, have been passed down the generations. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses, or brooding men. But when an opportunity to work there arises, the money might get her brother out of Eden. Starling House is uncanny and full of secrets - just like Arthur, its heir. It also feels strangely, dangerously, like something she''s never had: a home. Yet Opal isn''t the only one interested in the horrors and the wonders that lie buried beneath it. Sinister forces converge on Eden - and Opal realizes that if she wants a home, she''ll have to fight for it. Even if it involves digging up her family''s ugly past to achieve a better future. She''ll have to go down, deep down beneath Starling House, to claw her way back to the light . . . This is a romantic and spellbinding Gothic fairy tale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow. ''Starling House is Alix E. Harrow''s greatest work yet'' - Ava Reid, author of Juniper and Thorn

Auteur
Alix E. Harrow is an ex-historian with lots of opinions and excessive library fines, currently living in Kentucky with her husband and their semi-feral children. Her short fiction has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards. Her full-length novels include The Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Once and Future Witches and Starling House.

Résumé

Step into Starling House, if you dare . . .Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Naomi Novik.

This edition includes a bonus short story that reaches beyond the house's gnarly, tangled gates.

Opal is a lot of things orphan, high-school dropout, full-time cynic. Most of all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother. One that gets them both out of Eden, a town renowned for bad luck. So when Opal gets the chance to earn a good wage at Starling House, Eden's very own haunted mansion, she can't resist.

Her new workplace is uncanny and full of secrets ­­ just like Arthur, its brooding heir. It also feels strangely, dangerously, like something Opal never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Eden, Opal realizes she might finally have found a reason to stick around. But now she'll have to fight for it . . .

**This is a romantic and spellbinding Gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow.

Praise for Starling House

'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent' Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six

'Alix E. Harrow's greatest work yet' Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning

'This book has everything you could possibly want this fall . . . a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting' Reese Witherspoon

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

Starling House was a No. 6 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18/11/2023