Thank you NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for the review copy of Laura Purcell’s “The House of Splinters,” it is very appreciated.
I have never read Laura Purcell’s writing before, and I can honestly say that I think she is a fantastic writer. She is very descriptive and writes really great scenes. The ancestral house The Bridge is described in perfect haunting detail and Purcell creates plenty of suspense as the story progresses. I did not expect the plot twist close to the end at all. I expected that was the explanation for all of the events surrounding the family, but then the unexplained supernatural events stepped back in, so I’m not sure exactly where the author was intending to take the story, and possibly decided to meld both paths?
There is some brief dialogue regarding an ancestor executed for witchcraft whose story appears to be relevant to the plot, but there is no detailed explanation of her story other than what another character says she reads in a diary. I found myself wanting to her more of this woman’s story as I feel it might have made certain occurrences clearer. I felt that there were inconsistencies in the story, but overall it was a good book with plenty of suspense and action.