Week 25 Review: Castle of the Cursed

From Goodreads:

A delicious and dark gothic romance from bestselling author Romina Garber!

THE HOUSE IS ALWAYS HUNGRY…

After a mysterious attack claims the lives of her parents, all Estela has left is her determination to solve the case. Suffering from survivor's guilt so intense that she might be losing her grip on reality, she accepts an invitation to live overseas with an estranged aunt at their ancestral Spanish castle, la Sombra.

Beneath its gothic façade, la Sombra harbors a trove of family secrets, and Estela begins to suspect her parents' deaths may be linked to their past. Her investigation takes a supernatural turn when she crosses paths with a silver-eyed boy only she can see. Estela worries Sebastián is a hallucination, but he claims he's been trapped in the castle. They grudgingly team up to find answers and as their investigation ignites, so does a romance, mistrust twined with every caress.

As the mysteries pile up, it feels to Estela like everyone in the tiny town of Oscuro is lying and that whoever was behind the attack has followed her to Spain. The deeper she ventures into la Sombra's secrets, the more certain she becomes that the suspect she's chasing has already found her . . . and they're closer than she ever realized.

My Review:
This was such a fantastic read! The synopsis had me interested, and that beginning had the intrigue high for me! Estela losing her parents like that-and being the only survivor-was a huge mystery. But finding out what her parents left behind and what was going on in the castle, I had to know more! 

There were multiple points in this book where I thought I knew where it was going, and then it turned out that there was still a good portion of the book left to go. And oh, the places that this story went, it kept building and building! 

Estela is traumatized, she is the only one who survived this attack that killed her parents. To find out that she has an aunt in Spain that she didn't know about, well, there's a bunch of family history that was pretty vital for her to know! 

I loved watching the story build, of Estela learning about some of the family secrets, getting to know Sebastian, start to figure out what was going on-and just how many layers there was to the story! It kept going, and I loved where it went, while also dealing with grief and loss and falling in love, it all went together really well! 

I had a great time reading this book, and I'd love to read more by Romina Garber! 

Author: Romina Garber
Read: June 21st, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Expected Publication: July 30th 2024 

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5/5 Stars