Starling House
Alix E. Harrow
Synopsis
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
âAlix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talentâ - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
Step into Starling House â 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.
No one in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But everyone agrees that itâs best to let the house â and its last, lonely heir â go to rot.
Starling House is uncanny and ugly and fully 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 sheâs never had: a home.
But Opal isnât the only one interested in the house, or the horrors and wonders that lie beneath it. If Opal wants a home, sheâll have to fight for it. Sheâll have to dig up her familyâs ugly history and let herself dream of a better future. Sheâll 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. Harrowâs greatest work yet' - Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning
âGorgeous, poignant, and honest â an unforgettable readâ - Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter
Readers love Starling House:
'This book is literally EVERYTHING TO ME'
'This was the perfect mix of fantasy and horror'
'I will never not be swooning over this book!'
'10/10, no notes, will absolutely read again when I'm prepared to cry'
This book has everything you could possibly want this fall . . . a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid and eerie settingâplus, characters willing to risk everythingReese Witherspoon, Reeseâs Book Club October 2023 Pick
Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent, and Starling House, with its gentle reassurances of the homes we make and the love we deserve, is more than satisfying. Itâs pure loveliness in book formOlivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
Gorgeous, poignant, and honestâan unforgettable readAndrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard Daughter