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Wings of Sorrow

Author: Yolanda Sfetsos

Rating: 4/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Goodreads: 3.6/5

Date Read: April 2024

"These walls had a way of manipulating their surroundings and thoughts, making impossible things appear real. It had a way of making dreams and nightmares feel as real as being awake." --------------------------------

Plot Summary: Newly wed couple, Thera and Hector become entangled in an ancient mystery the second they set foot in the abandoned house left behind by Thera's deceased aunt. Thera's past in the house is shrouded by lost memories and a general unease that settles in her mind while walking through the hallways. Being back in the forbidding setting stirs unfamiliar and unwelcome thoughts about her history and her possible future. Hector thinks the gothic architecture of the house will inspire him to write the masterpiece of a story that he's been dying to create. What he doesn't know is that the dark walls hold secrets that he could never imagine himself. The two of them together will be dragged to their destiny's. Whether they want it or not.

TL:DR: While the premise of the story is intriguing the writing itself struggles with fluidity and pacing. At times the dialogue does not flow well and the characters insist on overexplaining everything that is happening internally and externally. A lack of focused description of the environment and setting leaves a lackluster atmosphere that this story really needed. At the end of the day it's a fine short horror story with an interesting premise and it's a quick read.

Thoughts and Feelings: I really liked the description of this book, the premise of the story and the cover. All of which described a very atmospheric story of a woman turning into a monster. Unfortunately the story itself did not deliver on the creepy setting and there were some major issues with the characterization and pacing that threw the entire book off. There is very minimal description of the house and the surroundings, besides the instances where it is directly mentioned to be 'creepy' or 'dreary' or 'dark'. I also did not connect with the characters as much as I wanted because both of them were serving their own independent desires and didn't do very well communicating with each other despite the fact that they are supposed to be wildly in love. The dialogue in general throughout the book was stilted and didn't flow well which contributed to what felt like a lack of connection between the characters. My biggest gripe is that both Thera and Hector are written to be completely oblivious. There are very strange events going on with both of them going to sleep and waking up in random locations, but neither of them are willing to address things and they literally have to be handed information about what is going on in order to accept that something strange is going on until the very end of the book. And once they did start to figure things out the resolution of the drama happens very quickly. I think it would have been more impactful if the characters themselves found their own way to information starting much earlier in the story. Ultimately, I had some major problems with the writing and the characters, but the underlying story was interesting. It's a short book that doesn't overstay it's welcome so if you're interested in a unique horror story exploring family history in gothic settings it's worth giving it a try.

Thank you to Netgalley and DarkLit Books publisher for the ARC and the opportunity to read this author's creepy tale in exchange for an honest review.

#WingsofSorrow #Wings of Sorrow #netgalley #horror #DarkLit #bookblr #book #book review

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hanseltu93 · 7 months

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#castlevania #aria of sorrow #dawn of sorrow #soma cruz #wings #doodle #fanart #my art

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idledee · 2 years

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“lingyuan...”

#lie huo jiao chou #drowning sorrows in raging fire #lhjc #jiling #sheng lingyuan #xuan ji #im really really proud of myself for this one :'))#anyways shoutout to xuan ji for being Winged and Red!!!!!! the good stuff!!!!!#doods #portfolio

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april-is · 2 months

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April 12, 2024: A Small Psalm, Catherine Wing

A Small Psalm Catherine Wing

Sorrow be gone, be a goner, be forsooth un-sooth, make like a suit and beat it, vamoose from the heavy heavy, be out from under the night's crawlspace, call not for another stone, more weight more weight, be extinguished, extinguish, the dark, that which is deep and hollow, that which presses from all sides, that which squeezes your heart into an artichoke-heart jar and forbids it breathe, that which is measured by an unbalanced scale, banish the broken, the unfixable, the shattered, the cried-over, the cursed, the cursers, the curses— curse them, the stone from the stone fruit, let it be fruit, the pit from the pitted, the pock from the pocked, the rot from the rotten, tarry not at the door, jam not the door's jamb, don't look back, throw nothing over your shoulder, not a word, not a word's edge, vowel, consonant, but run out, run out like the end of a cold wind, end of season, and in me be replaced with a breath of light, a jack-o'-lantern, a flood lamp or fuse box, a simple match or I would even take a turn signal, traffic light, if it would beat beat and flash flood like the moon at high tide, let it, let it, let it flare like the firefly, let it spark and flash, kindle and smoke, let it twilight and sunlight, and sunlight and moonlight, and when it is done with its lighting let it fly, will'-o-the-wisp, to heaven.

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Also: + you can’t be a star in the sky without holy fire, Frank X. Gaspar + Untitled [I closed the book and changed my life], Bruce Smith

Today in:

2023: How to Do Absolutely Nothing, Barbara Kingsolver 2022: Miss you. Would like to take a walk with you., Gabrielle Calvocoressi 2021: I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store, Eve L. Ewing 2020: Day Beginning with Seeing the International Space Station And a Full Moon Over the Gulf of Mexico and All its Invisible Fishes, Jane Hirshfield 2019: Flores Woman, Tracy K. Smith 2018: The Universe as Primal Scream, Tracy K. Smith 2017: Soul, David Ferry 2016: Turkeys, Galway Kinnell 2015: He Said Turn Here, Dean Young 2014: I Don’t Miss It, Tracy K. Smith 2013: Hotel Orpheus, Jason Myers 2012: Emily Dickinson’s To-Do List, Andrea Carlisle 2011: Now That I Am in Madrid and Can Think, Frank O’Hara 2010: The Impossible Marriage, Donald Hall 2009: The Rider, Naomi Shihab Nye 2008: from Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, John Berryman 2007: This Heavy Craft, P.K. Page 2006: Late Ripeness, Czeslaw Milosz 2005: A Martian Sends A Postcard Home, Craig Raine

#feast on your life #the way it’s night for many miles and then suddenly it's not #sorrow #joy #poem #catherine wing

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bl00dfroma-fairy · 1 month

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mysterious-secret-garden · 10 months

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Welder Wings - The repose of fire.

#Welder Wings #The repose of fire #red hair #mourning #crying #sorrow #demons

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shallyne · 11 months

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Well, anyways, I was bored and made a list with book characters that I like from A to Z (couldn't come up with something for Q)

Book Characters List

A

Aemmory Percyval Taxus

Aelin Galathynius

Andarna

Amara Maroni

Alpha Villanova

Abraxos

Annaleigh Thaumas

Aedion Ashryver

Alexis

Asterin Blackbeak

Aaron Warner

Apollion

Aidas

Ansel of Briarcliff

Ash

Addie LaRue

Avery Kylie Grambs

Ash Maddox

Alex Volkov

Ava Chen

Alessandra Davenport

B

Bryce Quinlan

Bryaxis

Bone Carver

Brie

Barney Fitz-Amobi

Bel Price

Bridget Van Ascheberg

C

Corvina Clemm

Cassius

Cardan Greenbriar

Chloe Green

Camila Dunne

Cinnamon Hotpepper

Cormac Donnall

Catherine Pinkerton

Cara Ward

Cal

Carter Price

Chrstian Harper

D

Danika Fendyr

Dante Maroni

Donatella Dragna

Declan Emmett

Dorian Havilliard

Dante Russo

Dominic Davenport

E

Elide Lochan

Evangeline Fox

Emilia DiCarlo

Envy

Evelyn Hugo

Ember Quinlan

Elspeth Spindle

Evangelina Sage

Elm Rowan

F

Feyre Archeron

Fenrys Moonbeam

Fallon

Felix

Fleetfoot

G

Gavriel

H

Hunt Athalar

Helion

Hannah Rooney

I

Imogen

Iris Winnow

Ione Hawthorne

Isabella Valencia

J

Jacks

Juliette Ferrars

Jude Duarte

Jesiba Roga

Jurian

Jest

Jack Brunswick

Jespyr Yew

Josh Chen

Jules Ambrose

K

Kenji Kishimoto

Kaltain Rompier

Kai Young

L

Lilith

Lyla

Lorcan Salvaterre

Lidia Cervos

Legend

Lysandra

Lehabah

Liam Mairi

Luc

Luna Caine

Libby

M

Manon Blackbeak

Morrigan

Morana Vitalio

Meghan Chase

N

Nesryn Faliq

Nazeera Ibrahim

Nash Hawthorne

Naomi Ward

Nightmare

O

Oraya

Oak Greenbriar

P

Pippa Fitz-Amobi

Purrcival

Q

R

Rhysand

Raihn

Ruhn Danaan

Rogan

Rowan Whitethorn

Randall Silago

Rhiannon Matthias

Razor

Ravi Singh

Ravyn Yew

Renelm Yew

Roman Kitt

Rachel Price

Rhys Larsen

S

Shara Wheeler

Scarlett Dragna

Stryga

Suriel

Sartaq

Syrinx

Sgaeyl

Sal Singh

Stanley Forbes

Stella Alonso

Sloane Kensington

T

Tristan Caine

Tristan Flynn

Thea Delion

Tairn

Thimble

Tandri

Trystan Maverine

U

Usha

V

Violet Sorrengail

Vale

Vincent

Vittoria di Carlo

Viv

Vivian Lau-Russo

W

Wrath

Wren

X

Xaden Riorson

Y

Yrene Towers

Z

Zephyr Villanova

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bardofthefreaks · 10 months

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REPOST/LIKE THIS IF YOU LIKE THE SIDE CHARACTERS/AND OR VILLAINS OF STORIES AND ARE SO MAD THAT THEY DONT GET MORE CONTENT I WANT TO PROVE THAT SIDE CHARACTERS AND VILLAINS (SOMETIMES) HAVE BETTER DEVELOPMENT THEN THE MAIN CHARACTERS!!

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Grey Wing would be a nice cat and great character if he actually GREW while he was away from Clear Sky. He has moments where you think that's going to happen, but it doesn't. If he had helped Bumble, instead of sending her Back maybe Turtle Tail would have stayed. If he had actually stood up against his brother's beliefs and behavior, maybe the clans wouldn't be as vicious as they are. He is nice in cannon but because he doesn't grow character wise, he doesn't change, still defending Clear Sky's actions. It's like the Erins picked Clear Sky as their favorite and as such chose to destroy any chance for Grey to grow. Clear Sky could slaughter all of Grey's kits and the Erin's would find someway to make it seem like it was the kits fault. Idk it irritates me, as I like Grey--he's definitely a good character compared to most of the others, but...dude just drop your brother seriously.

It's like they picked from the very beginning,

"Gray Wing is correct and Clear Sky is a redeemable person"

And stuck to it doggedly. Gray Wing can't be wrong so he can't grow. Clear Sky can't be too far gone no matter what he does.

I feel like they actually have both of them as favorites, and it prevents them from being the full characters they could be.

Side note I hate how this book has cover art of them both being on two sides of a chasm, but then you open up the book and it's Gray Wing going "I miss my brotber... hes a good man... how did this happen... u dint understand hes a good guy..... hes doing what he thinks is best......." for the entire thing

What the hell kind of a divide is it if he's not MUTUALLY MAD? COME ON. Give me brother violence.

#Frustrating that Sun Trail wnds with a very strong message #That Gray Wing has disowned his brother and is now the father of Thunder #Then Thunder Rising opens up and it's Sad Boy Hour.#I should probably clarify what i mean by Sad Boy and why i don't like them at some point #But basically they're wc characters that should have a lot of complex emotions especially relating to anger or pride--#--but just become sad sacks who have trouble standing up for themselves or making assertions #The narrative takes a character that's juicy and full of motivations that could be varied and complex and replaces it with limp sorrow #Implying that they aren't even fully responsible for their own actions #Bonefall reads DOTC

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jeandejard3n · 1 month

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Dragons: Fire and Wind

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acourtoffaeandfanfic · 2 years

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A Court of Flames and Sorrow || Eris Vanserra

Synopsis: Lynette Vesper. Daughter of Winter and Night. Lover of a problematic red head who used to be engaged to her best friend.

Last Update: 8/21/2022

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

#a court of wings and ruin #a court of flames and sorrow #acotar #acowar #eris vanserra #a court of thorns and roses #acomaf #eris acotar #eris vanserra x reader #eris x reader #eris vanserra x oc #eris x oc

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hanseltu93 · 1 year

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#castlevania #aria of sorrow #dawn of sorrow #soma cruz #wings #doodle #fanart #my art

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aitereu · 1 year

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Bloom of Sorrow episode spoilers

Fine, beautiful man they finally meet the sus sauce w/o knowing it, altho he was sus when he tried to force Vyn n rosa to investigate it

Oh my GOD marius the only crumbs of NXX cute interactions that have nothing to do with fighting over Rosa. I wish they’d give us more of it in personal stories or cards.

#tears of themis #artem wing #marius von hagen #vyn richter #luke pearce #whyamistilldoingthisaaa #xiayan #moyi #zuoran #lu jinghe #bloom of sorrow #tot #tot spoilers #spoilers

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phntasmgoria · 3 months

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redoing the tags for my project moon muses so i can have them all in one place, especially since i just got new ones added lol