The Silence Factory

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!

DNF at 25%. Blame the spiders!

I loved Bridget Collins' other two novels and I adore the writing in this, which unfortunately turned out to be a problem. For someone who does not like spiders, this is too atmospheric and immersive. It made my skin crawl. And not in a fun way.

If you don't have a problem with spiders and enjoy Gothic adjacent stories with a lightly magical element, then I'm sure this could be a hit!

This was my first Bridget Collins book and I was very impressed by her descriptive and vivid writing style.

The first half of this book was quite slow and I had trouble getting into it, which is the reason this was not a 4 stars for me. The dual POV did add to the difficulty getting into this book however it was absolutely instrumental in explaining why and what was occurring. Once I passed the halfway mark of the book it really picked up — the ending felt super fast paced and really caught my attention!

Overall I did enjoy this book — if you like a slow build, gothic historical novel, this is definitely for you! 

Thank you to Harper Collins and Bridget Collins for gifting me this book in exchange for an honest review.