Hauntingly Beautiful

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This book was a wonderful surprise and a delightful mashup of multiple genres including mystery, horror, romance. Just when you think you understand what the story is going to be about, the author presents the reader with even more twists and clues and revealing emotional responses. This book takes place in England in 1939 and details Hetty Cartwright's task of evacuating the natural history museum of its animals. The animals (and Hetty) are moved to Lockwood Manor, where she is under the creepy observation of Lord Lockwood. Hetty also begins to fall under the spell of Lockwood's daughter, Lucy, while learning that there is more to Lockwood Manor than meets the eye. My favorite aspect of this book is the LGBTQ romance between Lucy and Hetty!