After reading this, I doubt if I will ever be able to look at a doll without shuddering somewhat. Although not one for scary books ,I thoroughly enjoyed the eerie sensation of reading this. Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge by Kathryn Reiss never sacrifices quality for blood-baths and sufficiently surprises throughout its plot. Enough so to cause its nearly untimely death when my pulse needed a break. I had to put it away... in a sack... in a drawer... in a different room.Isabel Thorne, more commonly known as Zibby, can't quite put her finger on what frightens her about the new doll house. Perhaps its the strange way she came by it, marked at the exact price she had in her pocket and sold to her by a woman no one recognizes. All the same, once she has signed on the contract of sale, the beautiful creation and its accompanying set of dolls are hers forever. Quite literally. Always accompanied by the eerie doll in the gray dress, danger begins to follow the Thorne family. For the scenes of play are warping into reality and the greatest disaster of all has yet to occur.
In the early 1900s, Primrose Parson is too grown-up for her beloved nanny and is turned over to a governess. Mean-spirited and controlling, Sweet Miss Honeywell demands obedience and an end to Prim's pranks and tricks. But the girl is indomitable and snarky (new favorite word), taking out her frustrations by playing with the custom doll house given her by inattentive parents. And when Honeywell's domineering actions become too much, one prank will end a life and begin a nightmare to last more than a century.
With plenty of unexpected occurrences and happenings, Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge did not disappoint. Even the vile governess has more to her than meets the eye, the novel outlining her loves, clouded past, and the twisted result. With all the darkness, stormy nights, and history of a good ghost story it unfolds to provide a tale that will make your palms sweat at either noon or midnight. You'll also think twice before you laugh on the next time you think your stuffed animals just moved.
BANG!ZAP!KACHOW!! 5 out of 7 lightningz.
Shivering and Packing Away My Porcelain Dolls,
*Aella Siofra*
5 comments:
ACK! CREEPY!
First comment.
Oooo... eerie. That sort of reminds me of The Dollhouse Murderers. We had to read it in fourth grade. I think I liked it, but I can't really remember.
My palms, like, always sweat. Seriously. It's a curse.
He he... snarky.
creeeeeeeepy.
also, snarky! fun word. much like swarthy.
not to mention the fact that "sack of mindless husks" is the best blog post tag ever.
Haha....I noticed that too....mindless husks....
OMC!!!!! BRI!!!!!!
I love that book. Seriously. We were talking about it a few days ago. How could someone not like it?
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