In the Shadow of Spindrift House

Posted on 21 March 2018 by Mira Grant

Nature abhors a straight line The natural world is a place of curves and softened edges, of gentle mists and welcoming spirals Nature remembers deviation nature does not forgive.For Harlowe Upton Jones, life has never been a straight line Shipped off to live with her paternal grandparents after a mysterious cult killed her mother and father, she has grown up chasing the question behind the curve, becoming part of a tight knit teen detective agency But teen is a limited time offer, and when her friends start looking for adult professions, it s up to Harlowe to find them one last case so that they can go out in a blaze of glory.Welcome to Spindrift House.The stories and legends surrounding the decrepit property are countless and contradictory, but one thing is clear there are people willing to pay a great deal to determine the legal ownership of the house When Harlowe and her friends agree to investigate the mystery behind the manor, they do so on the assumption that they ll be going down in history as the ones who determined who built Spindrift House and why The house has secrets They have the skills They have a plan They have everything they need to solve the mystery.Everything they need except for time Because Spindrift House keeps its secrets for a reason, and it has no intention of letting them go.Nature abhors a straight line.Here s where the story bends. Best Read In the Shadow of Spindrift House [ Author ] Mira Grant [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr WARNING this isof a reader response than incisive lit crit, in case the lady who huffed at my review of the last mira grant novella for not being informative enough hasn t gotten around to unfollowing me yet, despite announcing she was going to.to rip off the band aid i didn t love this one.i first discovered this on the subterranean press site i saw mira grant and i saw a cover with a spoooky house i somehow missed the NUMEROUS tentacles writhing up from below if you know me, you WARNING this isof a reader response than incisive lit crit, in case the lady who huffed at my review of the last mira grant novella for not being informative enough hasn t gotten around to unfollowing me yet, despite announcing she was going to.to rip off the band aid i didn t love this one.i first discovered this on the subterranean press site i saw mira grant and i saw a cover with a spoooky house i somehow missed the NUMEROUS tentacles writhing up from below if you know me, you know i do not like lovecraft and not just ...My thanks to Subterranean Press and Netgalley I will read anything and everything from Mira Grant I love this woman She has managed to scare the crap out of me often Zombies Mermaids Viruses You get the idea So, I went into this book expecting big things Unfortunately, it starts with teenage monster hunters Eh, it s Mira Grant, I told myself how bad can it be Well..If I m honest, it s not a bad story at all But, it seemedof a Seanann story than a Mira story I m not a fan My thanks to Subterranean Press and Netgalley I will read anything and everything from Mira Grant I love t...This was an easy, breezy read, so much so that I finished it in a single sitting today I m always scrambling to snag a NetGalley copy of these Subterranean Press stories that Mira Seanan writes they are only available as special edition hardcovers that are gorgeous but cost a pretty penny once they re published I devour any and everything that the author writes, and while I enjoyed it, it didn t quite live up to whatever expectations I had set up in my mind I m not a huge Lovecraft fan, but This was an easy, breezy read, so much so that I finished it in a single sitting today I m always scrambling to snag a NetGalley copy of these Subterranean Press stories that Mira Sea...Humanity is an aberration, an affront upon all that is right and true and holy What a ride It never ceases to amaze me, the way Mira Grant can fit such a thoroughly well developed, deep story into so few pages There are countless writers who require hundreds of pages to do what she can do in a few chapters, and it astounds me every time This one took me a bit to get invested into, but I think that must have been singularly to blame upon my horrible four month long reading slump, because by Humanity is an aberration, an affront upon all that is right and true and holy What a ride It never ceases to amaze me, the way Mira Grant can fit such a thoroughly well developed, deep story into so few pages There are countless writers who require hundreds of pages to do what she can do in a few chapters, and it astounds me every time This one took me a bit to get invested into, but I think that must have been singularly to blame upon my horrible four month long reading slump, because by the time that slump passed, I devoured this novella and was devastated when it ended It is a graveyard for the small and a playground for the vast, as all graveyards must be, for tragedy is so often a matter of perspective First, I want to talk about...IN THE SHADOW OF SPINDRIFT HOUSE by Mira Grant the pseudonym of Seanan McGuire is a story that may not be that frightening, but it sure is interesting The cover itself made me think this must be a Lovecraftian story and I was right there is something wrong with Spindrift Ho...This felt tailor made for me a gang of late teens in a Scooby Doo style mystery squad decide to unravel the mysteries of a haunted house, and there turns out to be an aquatic horror angle It was great and I knew I was going to love it, but ultimately I wantedConcept Pacing 1 2Substance Mira Grant can write well, and that s an obvious detail for In the Shadow of Spindrift House. Regardless of the plot or the characters, I loved reading this story purely because the paragraphs were This felt tailor made for me a gang of late teens in a Scooby Doo style mystery squad decide to unravel the mysteries of a haunted house, and there turns out to be an aquatic horror angle It was great and I knew I was going to love it, but ultimately I wantedConcept Pacing 1 2Substance Mira Grant can write well, and that s an obvious detail for In the Shadow of Spindrift House. Regardless of the plot or the characters, I loved reading this story purely because the paragraphs were gorgeous Harlowe, her foster brother, Kevin, and their two best friends Addison and Andy are a teenage mystery solving group in the Chicago area with very strong Scooby Doo vibes Harlowe hears about this unsolved haunted house case in Maine involving a place called Spindrift House and she convinces the group to try to piece to...IN THE SHADOW OF SPINDRIFT HOUSE, by Mira Grant, is a book that mixes mystery, Lovecraftian horror, and a group of four teenaged friends who solved local mysteries together Think the Scooby Doo gang, without Scooby Doo, and you ll get the picture TheAnswer Squad , as they were collectively known as, had been together all through their middle and high school years Now, on the verge of adulthood, Harlowe Upton Jones is looking for one big case to try to keep them all from drifting apart . IN THE SHADOW OF SPINDRIFT HOUSE, by Mira Grant, is a book that mixes mystery, Lovecraftian horror, and a group of four teenaged friends who solved local mysteries together Think the Scooby Doo gang, without Scooby Doo, and you ll get the picture TheAnswer Squad , as they were collectively known as, had been together all through their middle and hig...Thanks to Subterranean Press and Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.Everyone who knows me or follows my reviews knows that I adore Seanan McGuire Mira Grant Her prose is magnificent, her worlds are deep and inviting even when they re terrifying , and her characters become ...IN THE SHADOW OF SPINDRIFT HOUSE is such a perfect novel that I am rendered speechless It s so deserving of praise, but I am too awestruck to deliver it the horror, the characterizations, the familial friendship, the setting, and for this reader, the intense Lovecraftianness yes, I coined that word of Spindrift House and its owners and those Called to it, are beyond my ability to express Mira Grant is an extraordinary writer, an...I fell in love with Julie Dillon s cover illustration at first sight It s so delightfully ominous and between the house that should be mine and the promise of tentacled creepiness I was sold I may have already been sold by the fact that my all time favourite author wrote it but even if I hadn t, that illustration would have clinched the deal Having said that, this is the first Seanan Mira book I ve read where I didn t fall in love at first page and I feel like I ve somehow failed as a reader I fell in love with Julie Dillon s cover illustration at first sight It s so delightfully ominous and between the house that should be mine and the promise of tentacled creepiness I was sold I may have already been sold by the fact that my all time favourite author wrote it but even if I hadn t, that illustration would have clinched the deal Having said that, this is the first Seanan Mira book I ve read where I didn t fall in love at first page and I feel like I ve somehow failed as a reader Spindrift House has had a great deal of time to decide what it wants to be, and what it wants to be is unforgiving On a hillside in Port Mercy, Maine, A Healthy Place for Families , you will find Spindrift House It was built some time in the 1800 s and while local legends disagree on many of the details, everyone agrees it was built by someone who wasn t a local, someone who died soon afterwards by falling from its widow s walk.There s a mystery about Spin...

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21 March 2018

Mira Grant