I was a little leery during the first 30%, because I really wasn’t sure where the story was going or what the exact premise was, but once the story began to unfold, I couldn’t put it down. I loved the eerie, dark magic of the characters and the manor, and all the spooky scary things that go bump in the night. It felt like a funhouse at a circus but you die in it if you make one wrong move. It was everything a gothic Victorian novel should deliver, and I LOVED Winnie’s cat!! Also Mr. Quincy and Winnie’s dynamic.. was chefs kiss. The piano scene toward the end had me giggling and kicking my feet. Everything tied together by the end, it does sort of end on a cliffhanger, so I really can’t wait to read the next installment when it releases!