The Carrefour Curse, Dianne K. Salerni
The Carrefour Curse, Dianne K. Salerni
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The Carrefour Curse

Author: Dianne K. Salerni

Narrator: Sandy Rustin

Unabridged: 6 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/14/2023


Synopsis

Twelve-year-old Garnet doesn’t know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their legendary mansion known as Crossroad House.

But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn’t quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room in Crossroad House is more dilapidated than the last, and she can’t keep straight which dusty hallways and cobwebbed corners are forbidden.

And then she learns a terrifying secret: the dying Carrefour patriarch fights to retain his life by stealing power from the others. Every household accident that isn’t an accident, every unexpected illness and unexplained disappearance grants him a little more time.

While the Carrefours squabble over who will inherit his role when (if) he dies, Garnet encounters evidence of an even deeper curse. Was she brought to Crossroad House as part of the curse … or is she meant to break it?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on June 21, 2023

Poor kids. You have to pity them. So many choices. So many books. How the heck are they going to decide what to read these days? Not to pull out the old “Back In My Day” card, but back in my day we didn’t have quite as many choices! If we wanted something to read we had a bunch of “classics” gatheri......more

Goodreads review by Sophia Dyer on January 21, 2023

Thank you Holiday House for an advance copy of this book, all opinions are my own. At the end of this book the author states she drew inspiration from Dark Shadows, and the blurb says that this book is like Haunting of Hill House for preteens...and I agree on both counts! Especially the Hill House in......more

Goodreads review by Anagha on January 23, 2023

4.8/5 stars (It just feels right) Warning: Spoilers Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review Non-Spoiler Section Let me begin by saying the this book is going on my favourites lists. It was a wonderful read, and I can’t wait to re read it in a few months. The sto......more

Goodreads review by Lyon.Brit.andthebookshelf on February 01, 2023

My middle grade self is wishing I had this book! Where to start… this book gave off that magical yet eerie feeling when you’re young that you crave in your mystery novels with a youthful imagination. I loved the extra touch points of the title pages sharing a Gemstone and the magical properties and......more