Publisher's Synopsis
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 paperback edition includes a bonus short story that reaches beyond the house's gnarly, tangled gates . . .'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent' - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas SixNo one in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the house - and its last, lonely heir - go to rot. Starling House is uncanny and ugly and full of secrets, just like its heir. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but it might be a chance to get her brother out of Eden. It feels dangerously like something she's never had: a home.But Opal isn't the only one interested in the house, or the horrors and wonders that lie beneath it. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it. She'll have to dig up her family's ugly history and let herself dream of a better future. She'll have to go down, down into Underland, and claw her way back to the light . . .This is a romantic and spellbinding Gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow.'Starling House is 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**.
