Status Updates From Once Upon a Midnight Dreary...

“…her heart was free and she was alive again. Then she was gone.” p285. Victoria defeats the heartbroken Lenore, a ghost who was Gabriel’s lover. Lenore and Gabriel grieve the death of their daughter, whom Victoria saves and frees from her mother’s grief, p285. Victoria and Lily, like Lenore, belong to a bloodline cursed by the house’s energy. The scene’s resolution was a bit abrupt, ngl.

“A woman’s wail. A child’s death. And Gabriel’s tone…sharp and
icy. A crack in his iron mask for the briefest of moments.” page 98. Lily continues haunting Victoria and she has a brutal accident in the garden.🤦🏻‍♀️

“Hello,” she said to the girl. “What’s your name?”
“Lily. What’s yours?”
“I’m Victoria. Victoria Marie Ravenwood. I have three
names. Do you?”
“No.”

“There was something unearthly about him. Not in the way of ghosts, but of someone who had once been alive and had not quite
finished the job.”

“How about one about a haunted estate, where nothing is as
it seems? A woman who inherits that estate and a brooding man who guards the manor with a secret as heavy as stone.” page 8

Marigold arrives at Willowmere, a sanctuary for the elderly. Her old Aunt Hilde lives there and insists on telling her a twisted “fairy tale” that feels more like a generational recall than a story. 😬

I love Poe’s inspired story! Can’t wait to read this dark fairy tale :) Ps: There’s a map of the land. Two markings got my attention: The Thornhurst Castle and The Ravenfell estates. 🤩