I wasn't really sure what to expect with this book, as the description makes it sound like it transcends genre (which it does), but I absolutely loved it and am so glad I got the chance to get an early copy! Thanks to @bookishfirst and @harpercollins for the early copy!
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Synopsis: In the 1950s, Iris is the second youngest of 6 daughters of the Chapel family. Her mother predicts that something terrible is going to happen when her oldest sister Aster gets married - her prediction comes true, and Aster dies shortly after her wedding day. The same thing then happens to her next oldest sister Rosalind. Each of the sisters has to figure what this means for their own futures. Told as a flashback from Sylvia Wren, an artist in 2017, as a journalist has figured out the secret history of the Chapel sisters.
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This is a little bit The Virgin Suicides, a little bit The Immortalists, a little bit Gothic horror, a little bit social commentary on the lives of women in the 1950s, a little bit commentary on mental health. There's so much to unpack with the story and I found it absolutely fascinating to dive into the life of Iris and her sisters, and the different choices each of them made.
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The story was honestly a little bit slow to get started, but the writing was so beautiful I never cared. It ended up being a story I never wanted to put down, and didn't want to end!
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Synopsis: In the 1950s, Iris is the second youngest of 6 daughters of the Chapel family. Her mother predicts that something terrible is going to happen when her oldest sister Aster gets married - her prediction comes true, and Aster dies shortly after her wedding day. The same thing then happens to her next oldest sister Rosalind. Each of the sisters has to figure what this means for their own futures. Told as a flashback from Sylvia Wren, an artist in 2017, as a journalist has figured out the secret history of the Chapel sisters.
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This is a little bit The Virgin Suicides, a little bit The Immortalists, a little bit Gothic horror, a little bit social commentary on the lives of women in the 1950s, a little bit commentary on mental health. There's so much to unpack with the story and I found it absolutely fascinating to dive into the life of Iris and her sisters, and the different choices each of them made.
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The story was honestly a little bit slow to get started, but the writing was so beautiful I never cared. It ended up being a story I never wanted to put down, and didn't want to end!