It will be one of those books that you’ll either love or hate, I can feel it, but for me, it was very good, another great job by the author! At first, you don’t quite know what’s going on and that kept me wondering if this was really the book for me, but its incredible atmosphere and unique plot make it worth reading. This book was quite a journey of thoughts for me, it’s obviously a short book to what the author has us used to, but very effective, and very well written above all, so it still takes you through a captivating story with aspects of mystery at times, with a game of suspense at others, and above all, with a dark touch that I loved. And it doesn’t matter if the tears are angry or sad, frightened or frustrated. “When people see tears, they stop listening to your hands or your words or anything else you have to say. Olivia has always wanted to belong somewhere, but will she take her place as a Prior, protecting our world against the Master of the House? Or will she take her place beside him? Now Olivia sees what has unraveled generations of her family, and where her father may have come from. The manor is crumbling, the ghouls are solid, and a mysterious figure rules over all. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in a place that is Gallant-but not. Olivia knows that Gallant is hiding secrets, and she is determined to uncover them. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn’t matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home-to Gallant. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal-which seems to unravel into madness.

A seam, where the shadow meets its source. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch.

Gallant book review