Goodreads book description:
Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect.
It's just that he's away so much. So often. He works so hard. She misses him. And he misses her. He says he does, so it must be true. He is the perfect husband and everything is perfect.
But sometimes Sophia wonders about things. Strange things. Dark things. The look on her husband's face when he comes back from a long business trip. The questions he will not answer. The locked basement she is never allowed to enter. And whenever she asks the neighbors, they can't quite meet her gaze...
But everything is perfect. Isn't it?
My feelings + review:
Where do I even begin? I absolutely LOVED this stunning little novel. I honestly didn't want to put it down.
I'm not even sure how to describe it, but it's part fantasy, part retelling, part mythical-ish with a contemporary feel.
See? I can't describe it at all, but the journey this novel took me on was feminist, poignant and so so so so so accurate to old established world order of what it meant/means to be a woman, a wife, a neighbor, a "friend".
You will find yourself shaking your head with how much of Sophia sentiments you agree with. It's astounding- though not surprising.
I thought about this novel all night after I read it and added another novel of hers (she writes a lot of Children's literature so I steered clear of it) to my TBR.
I've added Deathless to my 2023 reading list and it is listed as historical fantasy and I've found that I get on well with that genre most times. Natasha Pulley's novels helped me to cross over.
Happy expanded reading my slow living friends.
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