Food missing from the cupboards, footsteps that keep erasing themselves, candles placed in odd places and being moved… The servants don’t seem to know how to mind their own business, and Margaret ends up getting herself in the middle of a blackmail situationship. On top of this, spooky things do happen, especially during the night. The house screams of secrets and eeriness. Everyone is hiding something in this house, even the servants, especially the servants. Louis is a boy that doesn’t say much, but is hiding a big pain in his heart. Eversham is a lady that keeps to herself and often travels away. On the other side of the story, we have Hartwood Hall and its residents. When Margaret becomes a widow, she’s rightfully excited to start teaching again. Imagine not being allowed to work if you wished so, to not be allowed to read your preferred genre, to engage with your friends. Her marriage was not one from love and she was being owned by a man who claimed to know what’s best for her. As we learn more about her, I admired her search for freedom, despite the curveballs that life has thrown at her. It was so easy to keep the pages turning and dive into Margaret’s life. As her past is trying to catch up with her, she now has current secrets also to try and keep. Margaret also starts a forbidden affair with Paul, the gardener, and inevitably starts to tangle herself in a lot of situations. Eversham and they think the house is haunted and cursed. Also, the servants keep whispering and Margaret feels like they are keeping things from her. There are strange figures in the dark and a forbidden east wing of the house. Eversham gives her the job to teach her son, Louis.ĭespite Louis being a great pupil, Margaret feels quite uneasy in the house. Although Margaret is afraid her hearing loss will prevent her from getting this job, she is soon proven wrong. It’s 1852 and references are extremely important to secure a job. She is eager to start, hoping that this new place and work will bring her a healthy distraction from her reality. Margaret Lennox is a young widow and she’s offered a position as governess at Hartwood Hall. Format I read it in: Uncorrected Paperback
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