By Kelly Bridgewater
An ominous butterfly house. A
sinister legacy. An untraceable killer.
In
1921, Marian Arnold, the heiress to a brewing baron's empire, seeks solace in
the glass butterfly house on her family's Wisconsin estate as Prohibition and
the deaths of her parents cast a long shadow over her shrinking world. When
Marian's sanctuary is invaded by nightmarish visions, she grapples with the
line between hallucinations of things to come and malevolent forces at play in
the present. With dead butterflies as the killer's ominous signature, murders
unfold at a steady pace. Marian, fearful she might be next, enlists the help of
her childhood friend Felix, a war veteran with his own haunted past.
In the present day, researcher Remy Shaw becomes entangled in an elderly
biographer's quest to uncover the truth behind Marian Arnold's mysterious life
and the unsolved murders linked to an infamous serial killer. Joined by
Marian's great-great-grandson, can Remy expose the evil that lurks beneath
broken wings? Or will the dark legacy surrounding the manor and its glass house
destroy yet another generation?
My Thoughts:
Specters in the Glass House
by Jaime Jo Wright reminded me of a previous novel that I read. Not the entire
concept. Just the family members of the heroine thinking she was mental for the
things that she was seeing. Readers will love how Wright captures the mystery
element and makes the reader question every person that she comes across. The
plot was interesting, scary, and delightful all the same time. I read this book
within 24 hours and was a little disappointed when the story was over. I wanted
more. The heroine in the past, Marian, was indifferent. She was a little naïve
and tried to understand her mother that disappeared from her life. She was
definitely not a strong character. On
the other hand, the heroine in the present timeline, Remy Shaw, was trying to
deal with her past. But of course, her past kept haunting her in her present
situation. I did like how the guy who purchased the house in order to write the
biography didn’t have internet. Made it a little harder for Remy Shaw to do her
research. Anything to make the heroines life’s harder. The setting was nicely
detailed, and my imagination blossomed with all the details of the house. Overall,
Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright was spooky, historical, and
wonderfully told. I look forward to all of Wright’s stories and own all her
books. This book is no different.
I received a complimentary copy of Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo
Wright from Bethany House Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.
My Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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