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– Caitlin Starling, The Death of Jane Lawrence

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"The Death of Lawrence" by Caitlin Starling

🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 (5/5) (Spice Level: Mentioned/Minor Explicit)

“Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man—one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him.

By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to begin again as soon as they are finished.”

This book is where my bias is going to come out in full force- but that’s alright, because this is my blog and I write these for me. Nothing I say is law, and my opinions aren’t your opinions. But I have a deep and feral rage that this book has less than 4 stars on goodreads. I digress. 

Now, in full transparency I am normally fairly sketchy when it comes to romance in horror. Few books in my opinion manage to balance the two. When I read horror I'm looking for something that elicits sensations of dread and that’s difficult to do when characters are trying to make out at the same time… or worse, it turns out like “Baby Teeth” by Zoje Stage and you characters having sex in front of a literal child.

That being said, I feel like “The Death of Jane Lawrence” handles the balance beautifully. The characters work with and against each other, dancing with the horror that refuses to be relegated to the background. Romance is built carefully on the steps of the haunting psychological horror that Starling builds within Lindridge Hall. Jane, ever pragmatic, approaches her feelings with practiced practicality; Augustine meanwhile, is a tightlipped whirlwind who oscillates between practicality and his emotional turmoil. The two push and pull in tune with the ghosts that haunt each of them, and they build a romance in spite of, and because of, the things that happen to and around them. They’re dynamic is genuinely delightful to see play out in every scene, with Jane’s blunt practicality putting a direct pressure on Augustine’s skittish nature, and Augustin being so afraid and yet so enamored.

And Jane! This is pure speculation, and perhaps even projection, but Jane reads as a mature, autistic woman. She struggles with the social dance and manners expected of her, preferring the rigidity of scrip and numbers. Her marriage proposal to Augustine is made after compiling a list of eligible bachelors in the town with careful consideration of age, financial standing, and most importantly-  who would be the most likely to accept a marriage of convenience. Where there is no expectation of sex, love, or children. Something she has no desire to pursue. Her proposal is accompanied with an offer even, that in exchange for the marriage she’ll act as accountant.

Because Jane copes with the world through numbers. Numbers are practical, the math is repetitive and familiar when the rest of her world view is being challenged. Numbers are soothing for her. She originally self-soothes by doing the accounting for her adoptive family, and then in doing the accounting for Augustine’s medical practice upon their agreement. When things at Lindridge Hall begin to spiral, Jane soothes herself with numbers on paper. When numbers aren’t as accessible, Jane soothes with stimming, repetitive motions that help her to regain some focus and control.

Her logic and rigid thinking are challenged continuously by the horror of this book. Ghosts, logistically, don’t make sense to her. Neither does religion, truthfully- when you die, you are dead. So the ghosts and magic haunting Lindridge Hall and her lover challenge this rigidity- and she resists, logicking the events even if it means accepting a lapse in her own sanity. She’d prefer to be labeled clinically insane instead of rewriting her worldview, even as she’s confronted with the evidence over, and over. 

The writing in “The Death of Jane Lawrence” flows beautifully. Starling is able to elegantly craft sensations of dread and give voice to characters’ fears and anxieties. The pacing is set through Jane’s eyes, through Augustin’s dread and reluctance as their world shifts and warps around them. The story rides waves of false crescendos- leading the reader to believe that this is the big moment, and then letting the tension dissipate to apprehension. Some may not like this, but I think it lends itself beautifully to the actual sforzando of a climax. The true final conflict is sudden, gripping. And then it slinks away into the dark to leave you to grasp at what happens. The happy ending is jarring.

My love of this book makes it difficult to criticize, but I will admit that there are some scenes- sex scenes in particular, that left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Not for how they’re written, but their actual story impact. But I tend to be more averse to that, so take salt with this opinion with all the others.

Anyway, I loved this book and I can only hope that Caitlin Starling’s other books are even half as captivating. 

Cheers, friends!

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man—one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him.

By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to begin again as soon as they are finished.

The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh

It's a party to end all parties, but not everyone is here to celebrate.

On New Year’s Eve, Rhys Lloyd has a house full of guests. His vacation homes on Mirror Lake are a success, and he’s generously invited the village to drink champagne with their wealthy new neighbors.

But by midnight, Rhys will be floating dead in the freezing waters of the lake.

On New Year’s Day, Ffion Morgan has a village full of suspects. The tiny community is her home, so the suspects are her neighbors, friends and family—and Ffion has her own secrets to protect.

With a lie uncovered at every turn, soon the question isn’t who wanted Rhys dead…but who finally killed him.

In a village with this many secrets, murder is just the beginning.

This is the first volume of the "DC Morgan" series.

The Spite House by Johnny Compton

Eric Ross is on the run from a mysterious past with his two daughters in tow. Having left his wife, his house, his whole life behind in Maryland, he’s desperate for money–it’s not easy to find safe work when you can’t provide references, you can’t stay in one place for long, and you’re paranoid that your past is creeping back up on you.

When he comes across the strange ad for the Masson House in Degener, Texas, Eric thinks they may have finally caught a lucky break. The Masson property, notorious for being one of the most haunted places in Texas, needs a caretaker of sorts. The owner is looking for proof of paranormal activity. All they need to do is stay in the house and keep a detailed record of everything that happens there. Provided the house’s horrors don’t drive them all mad, like the caretakers before them.

The job calls to Eric, not just because there’s a huge payout if they can make it through, but because he wants to explore the secrets of the spite house. If it is indeed haunted, maybe it’ll help him understand the uncanny power that clings to his family, driving them from town to town, making them afraid to stop running.

There There by Tommy Orange

Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle's death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American--grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Hailed as an instant classic, There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.

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The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel

***AN INSTANT BESTSELLER!*** Best Books of 2021 · NPR ALA/The Reading List Best Horror 2021 Pick Longlisted for the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in a Novel, 2021 From the Bram Stoker-nominated author of The Luminous Dead comes a gothic fantasy horror―The Death of Jane Lawrence. "A jewel box of a Gothic novel." ―New York Times Book Review “Delicious.... By the time the book reached that point of no return, I was so invested that I would have followed Jane into the very depths of hell.” ―NPR.org “Intense and amazing! It’s like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell meets Mexican Gothic meets Crimson Peak.” ―BookRiot Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man―one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him. By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to begin again as soon as they are finished.

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Book Review: "The Death Of Jane Lawrence" by Caitlin Starling

What happens when Jane starts her marriage by going to the one place she was told to never go? Find out in "The Death Of Jane Lawrence" by Caitlin Starling! #TheDeathOfJaneLawrence #bookreview #CaitlinStarling

Cover of “The Death Of Jane Lawrence” by Caitlin Starling I’m back with another book review, and this time I’m reviewing “The Death Of Jane Lawrence” by Caitlin Starling! It’s been a while since I read a horror story, so I thought this would be the perfect time to get into reading one or two again! Here’s a quick summary so we know what it’s about: “Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has…

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (ARC Review)

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (ARC Review)

Title: The Death of Jane Lawrence Author: Caitlin Starling Type: Fiction Genre: Adult, Horror, Fantasy, Gothic, Mystery Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Date published: October 5, 2021 A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure…

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling is a Gothic horror novel set in England following WWI. It almost seems like the book could be set in the Edwardian era because no one really mentions cars. Cars weren’t in mass production until 1913. The lack of transportation plays a key role in this novel. Dr. Augustine Lawrence has agreed to marry Jane Shoringfield. His one condition of agreeing…

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“A crumbling house, alone on the hill, was enough to make isolated women given to wild imaginings.” Jane Shoringfield is a young woman of high intellect with a logical, practical way of viewing the world and a keen mathematical mind. That is until she meets Dr. Augustine Lawrence. She approaches him with a betrothal – a marriage of convenience for them both. Little does she realize that her…

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

My Rating: 4 stars Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the ARC! This book comes out today, October 5th 2021! Let’s just take a moment to appreciate this cover. Isn’t it gorgeously creepy? And The Death of Jane Lawrence delivers on all the cover promises. This book is strange, disturbing, and perfect for spooky season. When Jane Shoringfield marries Dr. Augustine Lawrence, it is…

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall,…

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Book Recommendations: Gothic Fiction

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Our story begins in 1902, at The Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it The Plain Bad Heroine Society. They meet in secret in a nearby apple orchard, the setting of their wildest happiness and, ultimately, of their macabre deaths. This is where their bodies are later discovered with a copy of Mary’s book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. Less than five years later, The Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever - but not before three more people mysteriously die on the property, each in a most troubling way. Over a century later, the now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when wunderkind writer, Merritt Emmons, publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the “haunted and cursed” Gilded-Age institution. Her bestselling book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring celebrity actor and lesbian it girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, opposite B-list actress and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again, and our three modern heroines arrive on set to begin filming, past and present become grimly entangled - or perhaps just grimly exploited - and soon it’s impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins.

The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

New Mexico, 2017: Sylvia Wren is one of the most important American artists of the past century. Known as a recluse, she avoids all public appearances. There’s a reason: she’s living under an assumed identity, having outrun a tragic past. But when a hungry journalist starts chasing her story, she’s confronted with whom she once was: Iris Chapel. Connecticut, 1950: Iris Chapel is the second youngest of six sisters, all heiresses to a firearms fortune. They’ve grown up cloistered in a palatial Victorian house, mostly neglected by their distant father and troubled mother, who believes that their house is haunted by the victims of Chapel weapons. The girls long to escape, and for most of them, the only way out is marriage. But not long after the first Chapel sister walks down the aisle, she dies of mysterious causes, a tragedy that repeats with the second, leaving the rest to navigate the wreckage, to heart-wrenching consequences. Ultimately, Iris flees the devastation of her family, and so begins the story of Sylvia Wren. But can she outrun the family curse forever?

The Return by Rachel Harrison

Julie is missing, and no one believes she will ever return - except Elise. Elise knows Julie better than anyone, and feels it in her bones that her best friend is out there and that one day Julie will come back. She’s right. Two years to the day that Julie went missing, she reappears with no memory of where she’s been or what happened to her. Along with Molly and Mae, their two close friends from college, the women decide to reunite at a remote inn. But the second Elise sees Julie, she knows something is wrong - she’s emaciated, with sallow skin and odd appetites. And as the weekend unfurls, it becomes impossible to deny that the Julie who vanished two years ago is not the same Julie who came back. But then who - or what - is she?

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man - one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him. By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon.

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The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling - Book Review!

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Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall,…

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4 out of 5. Genre: Gothic HorrorPublication date: October 5, 2021Length: 366 pagesBuy: The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel Summary from Goodreads: Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful…

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Top New Horror Books in October 2021

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Halloween season is the perfect time to curl up with a scary read. Here are our top picks for new horror books in October 2021 …

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling 

Type: Novel Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Release date: Oct. 5

Den of Geek says: One of the buzziest horror novels this season is also a take on one of the classic tropes, a crumbling home and the secretive man who belongs to it.

Publisher’s summary: Practical, unassuming Jane Shoringfield has done the calculations, and decided that the most secure path forward is this: a husband, in a marriage of convenience, who will allow her to remain independent and occupied with meaningful work. Her first choice, the dashing but reclusive doctor Augustine Lawrence, agrees to her proposal with only one condition: that she must never visit Lindridge Hall, his crumbling family manor outside of town. 

Yet on their wedding night, an accident strands her at his door in a pitch-black rainstorm, and she finds him changed. Gone is the bold, courageous surgeon, and in his place is a terrified, paranoid man―one who cannot tell reality from nightmare, and fears Jane is an apparition, come to haunt him. By morning, Augustine is himself again, but Jane knows something is deeply wrong at Lindridge Hall, and with the man she has so hastily bound her safety to. 

Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to begin again as soon as they are finished.

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Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Type: Novel Publisher: Tor Nightfire Release date: Oct. 19

Den of Geek says: Khaw mixes Japanese folklore and her modern sensibilities for a novel that has garnered praise from N.K. Jemisin.

Publisher’s summary: A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.

It’s the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding.

A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested.

But the house has secrets too. Lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.

And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.

Effortlessly turning the classic haunted house story on its head, Nothing but Blackened Teeth is a sharp and devastating exploration of grief, the parasitic nature of relationships, and the consequences of our actions.

Buy Nothing but Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw.

The Unheard by Nicci French

Type: Novel Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Release date: Oct. 26

Den of Geek says: French is known as a prolific suspense writer, and now turns their pens to the celebrated “creepy children” subgenre.

Publisher’s summary: Maybe Tess is overprotective, but passing her daughter off to her ex and his new young wife fills her with a sense of dread. It’s not that Jason is a bad father—it just hurts to see him enjoying married life with someone else. Still, she owes it to her daughter Poppy to make this arrangement work.

But Poppy returns from the weekend tired and withdrawn. And when she shows Tess a crayon drawing—an image so simple and violent that Tess can hardly make sense of it——Poppy can only explain with the words, “He did kill her.”

Something is horribly wrong. Tess is certain Poppy saw something—or something happened to her—that she’s too young to understand. Jason insists the weekend went off without a hitch. Doctors advise that Poppy may be reacting to her parents’ separation. And as the days go on, even Poppy’s disturbing memory seems to fade. But a mother knows her daughter, and Tess is determined to discover the truth. Her search will set off an explosive tempest of dark secrets and buried crimes—and more than one life may be at stake.

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The Death of Jane Lawrence

The Death of Jane Lawrence- 2 stars

By- Caitlin Starling

Jane Shoringfield is a very practical woman.  In order to remain in such a lifestyle she sets her sights on Augustine Lawrence, a doctor who she will marry for convenience.  Now Jane can be married and still work and keep her independence.  Augustine agrees to the match as long as they keep separate residences at night.  Jane will stay at the surgery in town and he will stay at his family's estate.  However on their wedding night circumstances beyond their control cause Jane to stay at the estate.  This opens up a whole world (and other world) of trouble.

I did not like this book.  The beginning of the story is so repetitive.  Jane wants to marry Augustine...he doesn't want to marry her...but yes, he does...and then she wants to marry him, but no, she doesn't.  Very dry to read.  Then after the marriage and the first night at the estate things take an eerie turn and I found myself interested.  But that didn't last very long as the plot veers into the nonsensical for the remainder.  I found the storyline extremely hard to follow and worse than that I found myself not caring if I understood it or not.  I think this would play out much better on the screen.

I was given this book in exchange for my honest opinion.  Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this ARC.

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