Owl Manor: Abigail (Book Two of the Owl Manor Trilogy), <\/em>by Zita Harrison<\/p>\nZealous Art Publishing, 2020<\/p>\n
ISBN: 979-8675396467<\/p>\n
Available: Kindle, Paperback<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cAnd I knew this thing was built of all my fears, was empowered by them, and that it would devour me if it could,\u201d says Abigail, the central character in the second book of Zita Harrison\u2019s Owl Manor Trilogy. Inspired by Gothic suspense classics, this fast-paced psychological thriller about a jilted young woman alone in the world after her mother\u2019s murder, is chock full of malevolent supernatural forces. An eerily evocative Colorado mountain setting, an estate-turned-inn where hovering owls have been known to attack, and a series of unexplained murders, are only the beginning. Readers can find out about Abigail\u2019s childhood in the first book of the trilogy, Owl Manor: The Dawning,<\/em> which takes place during the Gold Rush, but this second volume deftly takes us into Abigail\u2019s present without disruptive recaps.<\/p>\nUnfortunately for Abigail, her mother Eva\u2019s murderer\/dead lover, the insane Rafe Bradstone, has possessed his relative Victor and hopes to be reunited with Eva\u2019s spirit through her daughter. Abigail has already been traumatized by knowing that her mother did not want her, by being at the manor when her mother and Rafe died, and by being left by her fianc\u00e9 on the day of her wedding. Although the staff at Owl Manor care about her, they are finding it difficult to deal with the ghosts and strange houseguests, and are left to handle the violence without the help of the authorities. Abigail had hoped to prove to herself that she could survive on her own, but the past, for which she was not responsible, comes back to haunt her anyway.<\/p>\n
An interesting element woven loosely through the two books Harrison has written so far (the third will be Owl Manor: Nightfall<\/em>) is the attention to the role of women as wives and mothers, attitudes toward unmarried women (including prostitutes), and the life choices women had in the United States during the 1800\u2019s. Eva is portrayed as a sort of feminist who is determined to leave her restrictive family life and make her own money. Eva pays dearly for her choices, and her daughter is her innocent victim. Abigail wonders, \u201cIs the world, in the end, just a reflection of one\u2019s state of mind?\u201d She does get an answer in this creepy, entertaining book. Recommended.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Reviewed by Nova Hadley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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