This is the perfect book to read on a gloomy and cold day. It’s is spooky, haunting, dark and beautiful. Trademark V.E. Schwab prose is woven in every page of this YA novel about what happens when a shadow meets its source. Olivia, an orphan with only her mother’s journal to her name receives a mysterious letter inviting her to her home, Gallant. Once she’s there, the home’s true purpose and history comes to life, along with finding out what happened to her mother and father. 

I am always astounded at the depth Schwab brings to her narratives. It’s so immersive and lush, you can’t help but daydream yourself there between chapters. I know this one will live in my head rent-free forever.