#gothic tragedy

[juniperhillpatient]

The doctors say the hauntings are figments of Chase’s imagination - echoes of a dark past and family scars that run deep. But the ghost of his father follows him everywhere, a constant reminder of everything Chase is terrified of becoming. So, when a girl shows up dead on campus the week his sister joins him for college, Chase James finds himself questioning everything. Even himself. Everett just wanted a new life - an escape from being the girl whose father every true crime connoisseur and internet sleuth knows. So, of course it’s just her luck that her new college roommate is a wannabe influencer, obsessed with the James family. At least Everett will always have Emma - her childhood best friend and the only one outside the James family to truly understand what happened that snowy night in the woods a decade ago. As the bodies pile up, a twisted mystery with ties to the past unravels leaving everyone to question everything they thought they knew. Horrifying secrets and painful truths come to light as the depths of the James family’s dark history is unburied in a bid to stop the past from repeating.

As promised, my next book, Skeletons in the Closet, will be coming in February.

Thank you so much @missjessefantastico for the AMAZING cover art. This looks fucking fantastic.

Preorder links for Ebooks available February 14th should be posted within the next couple days (as soon as I get approval from Amazon.) So, keep your eyes out!

Do you like mysteries with unreliable narrators & twists & turns? Do you like grimdark horror tragedy? Horror about extreme grief? Thrillers that delve into the darkest parts of the human psyche? If you said yes to any of the above, this book might be for you.

I wrote this story as a deeply fucked up love letter to everyone who's ever felt out of control or taken advantage of or unsure what the truth about a situation is. And to everyone who's ever been abused or hurt by someone you should've been able to trust. This story was a labor of love & I cannot wait to share it.

Again, Cisne, thank you times a million for the gorgeous cover art. It looks so good & I can't wait to display it on my shelf.

[petrichor-hiraeth]

“He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.”

Emily Brönte, Wuthering Heights

[these-words-like-violence]

The difference between Darth Vader and Kylo Ren parallels the difference between goth and emo expression...

Darth Vader uses his sad, while Kylo Ren identifies with his.

[petrichor-hiraeth]

Why I love Wuthering Heights.

it's 2am and i read a review of WH by a person who so clearly missed the entire point, so here this is.

The thing that i absolutely love about this book is how flawed the characters are. You won't find a romantic hero who's perfect or a heroine you stan. Here are characters who are human beings and face the tragedy of being humans.

This is a book that is not afraid to show you the tragedy of human flaws, of generational trauma, of love.

The true beauty of Wuthering Heights lies in the demise.

I think the Oscar Wilde quote completely fits here "The books that the world call immoral are the books that show the world it's own shame."

So many people are bothered by the cycle of abuse depicted in this classic, saying it makes them uncomfortable. If you want vanilla, perfect boy falls for perfect girl and the only trouble they face is their parents, you will miss the entire plot of this book, and of human beings. Thankyou.

[madonnamadeofasphalt]

Reading Joanna Baillie's De Montfort and it's honestly a crying shame that AFAIK it hasn't gotten any revivals in like 200 years, I think this level of haterism would be more appreciated today

[allisaway]

What part of "Gothic tragedy" are you struggling with, Disney?

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