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Starling house / Alix E. Harrow.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Reese's book clubPublisher: New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250799050
  • 1250799058
  • 9781250323217
  • 1250323215
  • 9781250338440
  • 1250338441
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote "The Underland" -- and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling go to rot ... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer might be a chance to leave Eden. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund--she can't resist. Too quickly, though, Starling House starts to feel dangerously like something she's never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Starling House, Opal and Arthur are going to have to make a dire choice: to dig up the buried secrets of the past and confront their own fears, or let Eden be taken over by literal nightmares. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare! -- Provided by publisher.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lucky Day Lucky Day Dr. James Carlson Library Science Fiction/Fantasy Lucky Day Collection HARROW, ALIX Checked out 05/20/2024 33111011106834
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy New HARROW, ALIX Available 33111011227432
Lucky Day Lucky Day Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy Lucky Day Collection HARROW, ALIX Checked out 05/18/2024 33111011227424
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy New HARROW, ALIX Checked out 05/28/2024 33111011189178
Lucky Day Lucky Day Northport Library Science Fiction/Fantasy Lucky Day Collection HARROW, ALIX Checked out 05/20/2024 33111011146871
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library Science Fiction/Fantasy HARROW, ALIX Available 33111011137946
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

"This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting--plus, characters willing to risk everything." --Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club October '23 Pick)

Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January.

I dream sometimes about a house I've never seen....

Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland , who disappeared over a hundred years ago.

All she left behind were dark rumors--and her home. Everyone agrees that it's best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway.

I should be scared, but in the dream I don't hesitate.

Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund--she can't resist.

But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthur's own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around.

In my dream, I'm home.

And now she'll have to fight.

Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare.

A Book of the Month Club Pick
An October 2023 Indie Next Pick
A LibraryReads October 2023 Hall of Fame Pick
Apple, Best Books of October
EW.com, Fall Book Must Reads 2023
Washington Post , Noteworthy Books for October
Paste Magazine , The Must-Read Fantasy Books of Fall 2023
PopSugar Best New Fantasy Books of 2023
BookPage , Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023
Observer , Must-Read Books of Fall 2023
Polygon , 12 Best New SFF for the Fall
LitHub , October's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Bookish, October's Most-Anticipated Books
Gizmodo , October's Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books

Eden, Kentucky, is just another dying, bad-luck town, known only for the legend of E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth-century author and illustrator who wrote "The Underland" -- and disappeared. Before she vanished, Starling House appeared. But everyone agrees that it's best to let the uncanny house and its last lonely heir, Arthur Starling go to rot ... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but an unexpected job offer might be a chance to leave Eden. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund--she can't resist. Too quickly, though, Starling House starts to feel dangerously like something she's never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Starling House, Opal and Arthur are going to have to make a dire choice: to dig up the buried secrets of the past and confront their own fears, or let Eden be taken over by literal nightmares. If Opal wants a home, she'll have to fight for it. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare! -- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306).

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