It’s about found family (literally, in Harlowe’s case), and the fear of “growing up” and moving on without your friends that is all too familiar to some of us. This is a story about finding out who you really are, and finding out how deeply you truly know yourself and the people around you. Because Spindrift House keeps its secrets for a reason, and it has no intention of letting them go.ĭiscussion: So, if you told me that this novella was a mix of Scooby-Doo and Lovecraft, I would have thought something along the lines of “You mean, like Edgar Cantero’s Meddling Kids?” (Disclaimer: I have not actually finished reading Meddling Kids due to my only owning the hardcover and a pesky issue with my wrists that make holding a physical book an adventure.) There is no overlap between these stories, other than at the very bones: they both concern a teenage mystery-solving club and Lovecraftian elements.
They have everything they need to solve the mystery.Įverything they need except for time. When Harlowe and her friends agree to investigate the mystery behind the manor, they do so on the assumption that they’ll be going down in history as the ones who determined who built Spindrift House-and why. The stories and legends surrounding the decrepit property are countless and contradictory, but one thing is clear: there are people willing to pay a great deal to determine the legal ownership of the house. But “teen” is a limited time offer, and when her friends start looking for adult professions, it’s up to Harlowe to find them one last case so that they can go out in a blaze of glory. Shipped off to live with her paternal grandparents after a mysterious cult killed her mother and father, she has grown up chasing the question behind the curve, becoming part of a tight-knit teen detective agency. Nature remembers deviation nature does not forgive.įor Harlowe Upton-Jones, life has never been a straight line. The natural world is a place of curves and softened edges, of gentle mists and welcoming spirals. This in no way affects my opinions, which are my own. The fates, and the publisher, smiled upon me and granted me access to an eARC of said novella, and I couldn’t be more delighted.ĭisclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley for review purposes. So when Mira Grant announced that her latest Subterranean Press novella was her first dip into actual Lovecraft territory, I might have squealed a little inside.
I’m fond of Lovecraftian fiction, as you can see from my thoughts on Ruthanna Emrys’s fiction here and here.
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