He firmly stays off the page and we never know what really happens to him other than he writes Catherine to say he's in lurve with a dancer. Anyway, Charles has been shipped off somewhere and if you think there's going to be a big showdown with him at some point in the story you are mistaken. Spoiler alert: they did and it was consensual. Those rumors, as we find out later, involve her beyond vile older sister Catherine and their brother, Charles, having an incestuous relationship. Lydia Montrose's family leaves Boston to settle in backwater New Oldbury in 1821 thanks to rumors surrounding her family. And while I'm happy to see more Gothic stories offered of late, for the love of all that is holy can we lay off the incest subplots? Because this is the second Gothic I've read in the past month with incest in it. I cut my reading teeth on Gothics, loving mysteries and female protagonists as I do. If the title of this blog post hasn't clued you in, there is no way I can talk about this book without giving ALL the spoilers, including trigger warnings. Buckle in kiddies, Auntie Wendy is about to unload on The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox.
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