Well in this case, there wasn’t much growth to be had, and I mean that in the good way. I do love going back and seeing previously overlooked debuts of authors I like, as usually it’s fun to see the growth. I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of the new edition just in time for an out of country trip that ended up with me sitting on an unplanned layover in Phoenix, as I needed reading material to get through the injustice of it all. Her actual debut novel is “The Girl from Rawblood”, an award winning Gothic ghost story that is now being re-released. Review: Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press for sending me a print copy of this novel!Įven though I hadn’t heard of Catriona Ward until I read “The Last House on Needless Street”, that was hardly her first literary and horror story rodeo.

As the world falls apart around her, she must take a final journey back to Rawblood where it all began and where it must all end…įrom the sun dappled hills of Italy to the biting chill of Victorian dissection halls, The Girl from Rawblood is a lyrical and haunting historical novel of darkness, love, and the ghosts of the past.

She dares to fall in love, and the consequences of her choice are immediate and terrifying. Iris forsakes her promise to her father, to remain alone, safe from the world. They are haunted, through the generations, by “her,” a curse passed down through ancient blood that marks each Villarca for certain heartbreak, and death. Where You Can Get This Book: WorldCat | Amazon | Indieboundīook Description: At the turn of England’s century, as the wind whistles in the lonely halls of Rawblood, young Iris Villarca is the last of her family’s line. Where Did I Get This Book: I received a print copy from the publisher. Publishing Info: Poisoned Pen Press, March 2023 Book: “The Girl from Rawblood” by Catriona Ward

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