Secrets of Rose Briar Hall

Oh wow this was one was a real whirlwind!

Firstly the narrator did a magnificent job of bringing the beautiful writing to life.

Millie Turner is the wife of powerhouse stockbroker Charles and they have a dinner party at their beautiful home, Rose Briar Hall. Something terrible happens during that dinner and when Millie wakes up days later she cannot remember what happened but everyone else knows and they are not telling.

It does a fantastic job of showing just how little women have back then, even Millie who is rich in her own right, cannot do as she likes and her husband has full rights over her in every single way.

She fines that she can't trust what is happening and even her parents don't want to get involved in her marital affairs.

It was so good! Highly recommend this book!

4 stars

I wanted to love this one but it just missed the mark and I struggled to get through it. It had a lot of potential. Based on the dark and brooding cover and the synopsis, I was expecting more of a thriller / suspense / dark gothic feel but the mystery was solved early on and the rest of the book was just the FMC trying to prove to a male-dominated high society that she isn't insane and that her husband is a gaslighter, adulterer, and crook. Like I said, good premise but it didn't deliver. I'm not sure where the twists everyone mentions come about? The narration was extremely robotic. The setting didn't really deliver the gothic vibes I was hoping for. She was hardly at the house it seemed? I wish I had more positive things to say, but I'm struggling to find them.

I received a digital ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.