My Review of Beneath the Poet’s House by Christa Carmen

Title: Beneath the Poet’s House

Author: Christa Carmen

Expected Publication: December 10,2024

Publisher: Christa Carmen

Genre: Gothic/Mystery/Horror/Thriller/Supernatural

Pages: 336 pages

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:

This one was rather odd. It was interesting but odd at the same time. 

As a grieving widow, Saoirse moved into Providence, and not only that into the home of Sarah Helen Whitman the spiritualist who once was involved with Edgar Allen Poe. However, on the night that she is moving in she makes some peculiar new friends that are performing seance to try to communicate with Whitman, and while she does see it as odd she welcomes them as friends. 

After she went to a career fair she meets Emmit and soon she starts dating him. While in the relationship Saoirse pushes the limits on not taking her medications on time, drinking alcohol, and participating in some questionable behaviors and actions with him. I understand discovering yourself and how you fit into a new lifestyle, especially after changes like the death of a husband. Saoirse's husband had a heart attack while she was visiting her mother and she found his body three days after he passed away, it is something that has left scars on her and she sometimes swats and nonexistent flies swarming around her. Almost kind of like PTSD. 

The longer she dates Emmit she starts noticing similarities between Edgar Allen Poe and his story and then he becomes increasingly jealous of her spending time with other people. 

Now there were some unexpected twists along the way, however, there were several moments where I was considering DNF-ing the book but I stuck with it and I rather enjoyed the ending. I enjoyed the way the book was written and enjoyed how the narrative flowed. 

I was given the audiobook to review and the narrator fit the story perfectly and it was quite enjoyable. Thank you Netgalley and Brilliance Publishing for this opportunity! 

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