Someone has murdered this girl, and Violet will find out too! Along the way we meet her friend Elizabeth, her love interest Collin, her other love interest Xavier, the dead girl's living twin and many other suspicious characters. Then, suddenly, one day Violet starts seeing ghosts! A lovely, young, ghost lady appears out of nowhere and leads Violet to become a sleuth. Back when ladies wore corsets, gloves and had to be married off) and with a Mother who fakes seances. Violet lives in the past (I want to say Renaissance-esque era. This book is a lovely stand alone novel that really should be a series. So, there's that.Īnywho - Haunting Violet. It's especially harder since the book store that introduced me to her (and pimped her books out BIG TIME) went out of business around 2012. So, it's only fitting that I continue to fall in love with Alyxandra's books (they are just a little harder to come across now - there's too many books to read). I fell in love with Quinn and Solange and all of their wacky family and friends. Her Drake chronicles/series was one of the original series that got me into my crazy reading habit.

I have a special place in my heart for Alyxandra Harvey. I finally picked this book up, knowing full well I'd love it. I know Alyxandra Harvey is one of my favourite authors, so I figured I'd have to find a time to sit down and binge read the whole darn book. I've been staring at this book for most of 2019 knowing full well I wanted to read it.

It ended up on my shelf and floated around for years, and I mean YEARS. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.I originally bought Haunting Violet when it first came out (way back in 2011. A well-paced, clever and scary supernatural-su '-Publishers Weekly' 'Harvey keeps the narrative moving smoothly and well as she weaves romance, suspense and even a bit of comedy into the story.

Harvey's writing is witty and brings headstrong, irreverent Violet to life.

The ghosts are genuinely creepy, the leading men are deliciously swoonworthy, and the ending is appropriately happy, making this a perfect accompaniment to a stormy night and a nice spot of tea.' -'The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ' 'Harvey (the Drake Chronicles) delivers a fun adventure in the form of a Victorian mystery novel that captures the feel (and the flaws) of the age. 'Harvey brings together with aplomb all the quintessential elements of a classic Victorian gothic: the beautiful but fortuneless heroine looking for a better life, the rambling estate with too many secrets, the suspicious-looking death of yet another beautiful girl, and, finally, the promise of a sultry and forbidden romance.

Haunting violet by alyxandra harvey