An amazing read! If you love books, then you have to read this! The descriptions of just how treasured books and reading are to the protagonist are enough to fall in love with this book alone. Hell, that beautiful cover is enough to love this book alone! But there is so much more going on here to fall in love with too. Diane Setterfield took a lot from the Victorian/Gothic genre and made it slightly more modern. In fact, there are many plot points that parallel those in [b:Jane Eyre|10210|Jane Eyre|Charlotte Brontë|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327867269s/10210.jpg|2977639]. Like any good Gothic literature it was a little bit creepy at times too. I loved the mystery and how everything slowly unfolded, I feel like there is not much of the plot I can discuss without giving away something that was a secret earlier in the story. Of course, this review might be a bit biased because the Victorian Gothic genre is one of my favorites, but this truly was a fantastic book!