The House of Dead Maids (Hardcover)

from WickedWoWestwood

This book is supposed to be a prequel to Wuthering Heights. I didn't see it that way at all! I really liked the Gothic style of writing and the way the author captured the atmosphere of the writing style of Wuthering Heights but I felt the story was weak. It seemed in the last page and the epilog...

from STACYatUFI

What a neat little creepy read. I havent yet read Wuthering Heights so I might go out and get that so I can read some more about Heathcliff.

from agdbk

Entertaining and well done victorian gothic horror. I enjoyed this quite alot. I admire that the author didn't try to overwrite the story, keeping it a brief 149 pages. That worked very well. As for it being a precursor to Wurthering Heights... while the mood and atmosphere are right, I'm not con...

from stephxsu

Tammy Aykroyd is only a young girl when she is brought to Seldom House to be maid to the young boy who grows up to be the famous Heathcliff. Seldom House has some chilling secrets, however, Tammy realizes, when she is haunted by the ghost of the maid before her. As Tammy and her young charge expl...

from foggidawn

The House of Dead Maids by Clare B. Dunkle was, I'm sorry to say, a bit of a disappointment. First of all, my expectations were high, because I love Dunkle's Hollow Kingdom trilogy. I surmised from the cover and description that this would be a bit darker (and it was), but it lacked all of the th...