I received this eARC from Sourcebooks Fire via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Sleeper hit of the season!ĭarker Still is currently available in stores. The characters are well established, the writing is consistent with the time period and equally as elegantly told. I was curious as to how the story was going to wrap up, knowing that it was book 1 of a series but it definitely leaves it open for more – and I cannot wait! I honestly hadn’t heard too much about the book, but I’m so glad that I picked it up. Darker Still is a fantastic Gothic paranormal story set in Victorian New York and I loved it. Like Nancy Drew with a touch of magic, Hieber tells a familiar story with her own twist to it. I've had Leanna Renee Hieber's Strangely Beautiful series on my wish list for a long time now so I was very excited to get my hands on an advanced copy of the first book in her new Magic Most Foul series. Told in the point-of-view of Natalie writing in her diary, the reader really gets to experience the mute world that Natalie lives, right alongside her. Darker Still reminded me how much I love a good ol’ ghost story. Don’t get me wrong, there definitely are some vampire stories that I’ve enjoyed, but I feel that market is so saturated now. Let me first say, what a nice refreshing change it is to have a paranormal book not be about vampires. In actuality, it is Denbury’s soul that has been trapped inside the painting and he must try to get someone to help him escape. Dcouvrez Leanna Renee Hieber, auteur de Strangely Beautiful, Tome 1 : The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy. Everyone is drawn to the very life-like painting, and Natalie begins to notice small changes in the piece of art each time she looked at it.

The city is abuzz with anticipation at the acquisition of a beautiful painting of an equally beautiful man, Lord Denbury. The year is 1882 and Natalie Stewart hasn’t spoken a word since her mother died when she was 4 years old. Hyde.”, Darker Still is set in New York City. The Twisted Tragedy of.Described as “The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. And unless I can free him soon, things will only get Darker Still. He and I are inextricably linked-bound together to watch the darkness seeping through the gas-lit cobblestone strets of Manhattan. I've crossed over into his world within the painting, and I've seen what dreams haunt him.

Because despite what everyone said, Denbury never had committed suicide. It was the most exquisite portrait I'd ever seen-everything about Lord Denbury was unbelievable.utterly breathtaking and eerily lifelike. It was as if he called to me, demanding I reach out and touch the brushstrokes of color swirled onto the canvas. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languagesĪ lush gothic tale that begs for reading.I couldn't put it down.' -New York Times bestselling author Sarah Maclean OverDrive Product Record readingOrder 1 images

Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber