6/4/2023 0 Comments Gallant ve schwab goodreads![]() ![]() You can’t confuse this one for any of her other books. There is a precision that is simply unmatched in other work. The language throughout is both familiar, but unique to this particular tale. It’s been a minute since I read a Schwab book, and it truly felt like coming home. There is an instance of Matthew, her cousin, venting frustration about her inability her to speak, but this is challenged. ![]() She signs, and sign language is common among the people around her. ![]() I will want to say, that Olivia is never suddenly given the ability to speak via magic. Told in Schwab’s signature precise prose and featuring spooky illustrations, this book is a whimsical ride through a scary fairy tale of two houses, where Death resides.ĭisclaimer up front: I am not mute and, as such, cannot comment on the quality of the rep. But between the missing residents and the ghouls haunting the halls, there is more undead danger afoot than she could have ever predicted. Having lived in an orphanage all her life, she’s excited to be welcomed into a place she can call home. In this ghoulish fantasy, a mute girl named Olivia receives a mysterious letter from a previously-unknown Uncle Arthur calling her home to an estate called Gallant. Content warning: dead parents, dead sibling, self-harm for blood magic, body horrorĢ022 is really delivering on the haunted house books. ![]()
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