She's stubborn but protective, desperate to find the place she belongs after being passed from guardian to guardian her entire life.
The ghostly and atmospheric world enveloped me, the chemistry between Signa and her love interest was decadent… As a result, she meets death quite a lot as those around her die, and only she can see him. In the Victorian era, we follow Signa Fallow, a girl who can't die. This screamed Penny Dreadful at me from the first page and I was sold. It was a first for me to pick up something in this genre and boy am I glad I did!Ī slow-burn romance between the female main character and Death. Thank you Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!Ī gothic-infused romantic mystery. 'A deliciously deadly Gothic romance' Stephanie Garber, Sunday Times bestselling author of Once Upon a Broken Heart Though he's made her life a living hell, Death shows Signa that their growing connection may be more powerful - and more irresistible - than she ever dared imagine.įrom New York Times bestselling author Adalyn Grace, Belladonna brings to life a highly romantic, gothic-infused world of wealth, desire, and betrayal. Signa's best chance of uncovering the murderer, though, is an alliance with Death himself, a fascinating, dangerous shadow who has never been far from her side. But when their mother's restless spirit appears claiming she was poisoned, Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger, and enlists the help of a surly stable boy to hunt down the killer. Its patriarch mourns his late wife through wild parties, while his son grapples for control of the family's waning reputation and his daughter suffers from a mysterious illness. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her well-being - and each has met an untimely end. For as long as Signa Farrow has been alive, the people in her life have fallen like stars.
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