The storyline is completely enthralling, the setting is perfect, the characters are grounded in their reality, and this gothic romance entirely took over my evening. I easily finished this in a single sitting; between the subtle hints of inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe’s work, and the cinnamon roll of a shadow daddy, my classic gothic loving heart was made very happy while devouring this one.

Beyond Those Gilded Walls, will go into the ever growing pile of books labelled: “Wish I could read this again for the first time”.

I loved reading this and I loved the audiobook experience even more.

Please. Do not miss this one.

I wanted to like this book more, but there was a lot of “telling” not “showing” going on with the writing….80% of the book were conversations of people warning her off of people/information. Things just kept happening to her despite her pretty much doing nothing, and the ending was abrupt and not the cliffhanger I think it was meant to be. Just wasn’t for me.