by T. Kingfisher
narrated by Eliza Foss & Jennifer Pickens
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A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher is a fantasy horror Goose Girl retelling with Regency romance elements.
Cordelia’s mother doesn’t allow many things, like doors between rooms and friends. Sometimes she doesn’t allow her daughter to move for hours–or even days–on end. After a suspicious murder in their small town, the two leave in the middle of the night. After arriving at the remote country home of a wealthy older man, the Squire, and his spinster sister.
I have to caveat here that I’m a big fan of T. Kingfisher, and they are an auto-read author for me. In my humble opinion I think she knocks this one out of the park, and the gothic horror vibes are immaculate. Her good sense of humor is still at play here, in the best ways. I mentioned she leans into the gothic horror here, and those books tend to start a bit on the slow side. Please be aware of that going in and then strap in and enjoy the ride.
I wasn’t even completely finished my audio review copy before I ordered a used physical copy on Pango for my shelves. We alternate point of view between Cordelia and Hester, the Squire’s sister. I really appreciate it when audiobooks have a different narrator for each POV character! I thought both narrators, Eliza Foss and Jennifer Pickens did such a great job.
I really loved the actual love story between two of our characters (don’t want to spoil it), and I was very pleased by the ending. I hold out hope that this could be the start of a series, because I would love to see the folks who make it through to the end solving crimes together, or something like that.
CW: violence, gore, possession, parental abuse, narcissism
I received a complimentary review copy from NetGalley and Macmillan Audio. All opinions contained herein are my own.
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