Fanny and Tom were my favorite side characters. He did have some growth, but I wanted him to be a bit more fleshed out like Sophronia was. I did like Gabriel, but he fell a little more flat for me. I loved how she grew and changed as the novel went along. She was afraid of so many things, but she was still such a strong presence throughout the novel, which I appreciated. I was a huge fan of her first novel, The Witch of Willow Hall ( read my review for it here!), so I was really excited when I received the ARC for The Widow of Pale Harbor.
The moody, atmospheric feel of her prose is so much fun to read. This is a huge part of why I love Hester Fox’s writing so much – it is so beautifully gothic. It started me on a love of gothic literature. I have been an Edgar Allan Poe fan since high school, when our theater department put on a production of Nevermore. This does not affect my opinion of the book, or the content of my review.* *Thank you to both Harlequin for reaching out to me for a review of The Widow of Pale Harbor, and NetGalley for the digital ARC! I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
And Gabriel must find answers, or Pale Harbor will suffer a fate worthy of Poe’s darkest tales. Sophronia must be a witch, and she almost certainly killed her husband.Īs the incidents escalate, one thing becomes clear: they are the work of a twisted person inspired by the wildly popular stories of Mr. Strange, unsettling things have been happening, and the townspeople claim that only one person can be responsible: Sophronia Carver, a reclusive widow who lives with a spinster maid in the eerie Castle Carver. Gabriel Stone is desperate to escape the ghosts that haunt him in Massachusetts after his wife’s death, so he moves to Maine, taking a position as a minister in the remote village of Pale Harbor.īut not all is as it seems in the sleepy town. The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox ~ 384 pages ~ to be published 9/17/19 by Graydon House Goodreads Synopsis:Ī town gripped by fear.
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