A Season of Whispers by Jackson Kuhl #BookBlitz #bookreview + #giveaway

 


A Season of Whispers by Jackson Kuhl

Published: October 8, 2020 by Aurelia Leo

Genre: Supernatural Gothic Horror

Age Group: Adult

Pages: 130


Blurb:

In the summer of 1844, Tom Lyman flees to Bonaventure, a transcendentalist farming cooperative tucked away in eastern Connecticut, to hide from his past. There Lyman must adjust to a new life among idealists, under the fatherly eye of the group’s founder, David Grosvenor. When he isn’t ducking work or the questions of the eccentric residents, Lyman occupies himself by courting Grosvenor’s daughter Minerva.

 

But Bonaventure isn’t as utopian as it seems. One by one, Lyman’s secrets begin to catch up with him, and Bonaventure has a few secrets of its own. Why did the farm have an ominous reputation long before Grosvenor bought it? What caused the previous tenants to vanish? And who is playing the violin in the basement? Time is running out, and Lyman must discover the truth before he’s driven mad by the whispering through the walls.

 Review:

:

⭐⭐⭐⭐

When Tom Lyman arrives to Bonaventure, a small farming commune, hidden away in Connecticut, he hopes to be able to live out the rest of his life hidden from society, leaving his past behind him. 

But things are not quite what they seem at Bonaventure, there's tales of the old family that had own the land before. The family that came over from Dunwich, a family accused of being witchcraft. There are strange sounds. Whispers in Tom's ear, the sound of a violin, voices being heard in the basement 

There are other things that go on, sink holes, missing people and animals.

A Season of Whispers is a short Gothic horror novella that tips it's hat to Edgar Allen Poe while giving me H.P Lovecraft vibes. The two combined make for some attention holding reading. 

I enjoyed this story and look forward to reading more by Jackson Kuhl.


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Meet the Author:



Jackson Kuhl is the author of the Revolutionary War biography SAMUEL SMEDLEY, CONNECTICUT PRIVATEER, and the fiction collection THE DEAD RIDE FAST. Kuhl has written for Atlas Obscura, Connecticut Magazine, the Hartford Courant, National Geographic News, Reason, and other publications. He paddles the waters of coastal Connecticut. For more information, visit www.jacksonkuhl.com.


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Publisher Information


Established in 2016, AURELIA LEO is an independent publisher and bookseller. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, we specialize in diverse speculative fiction, namely: horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Our flagship titles are Helios Quarterly Magazine, Selene Quarterly Magazine, and Invictus: Quarterly Comics and Illustrations.

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