A young woman inherits a house in Wales and sets forth with her maid. She's been haunted by visions and hopes they will disappear in a new home and country but they only get worse.

This was very good. I had a hard time putting it down Well-written with a dark atmosphere and more original than the basic gothic novel. I loved the main character even though I disagreed with some of her choices. The ending leaves one wondering.

"A Moonlit Path of Madness" is a gothic story about Grace Morgan, a young woman burdened with a family curse.
When her mother dies, Grace inherits the old family house and moves from Vermont to Wales with her faithful companion, Lilah. She hopes to settle in the old family home by the sea and find peace. But the family curse follows her wherever she goes and the old house hides many dark family secrets. As Grace reveals them, she gradually sinks into madness.
I loved the creepy atmosphere and beautiful descriptions, although the final reveal left me a bit disappointed.

Grace Morgan, a wealthy spinster decides to move from Vermont back to her ancestral home in Wales after the death of her mentally ill mother. Grace hopes to find peace and happiness in the old house by the sea, but instead she finds dark family secrets, ghosts and a decline into madness guided by the phases of the Moon.

McCarthy's writing is elegant and beautiful, suitable for this Edwardian tale, filled with gorgeous scenery, creepy houses and horrible nightmares. I sympathized with Grace on her journey and was curious to reveal the family secret. The only problem I had was the pacing - the story was slow in the beginning and the manner of the final reveal felt too abrupt for me.

Overall, this was a beautifully written story, dark and atmospheric.

Grace is a spinster that takes care of her mother that is mad along with her maid Lilah. Her mother finally passed and Grace inherits her families home across the seas along with a bunch of hidden skeletons. Grace starts to feel madness taking her over. She wants to uncover her families secrets and also discover if she is cursed to be mad. I enjoyed this book. The mystery is great and all the ghostly maddening aspects held me captive. I really enjoy books that feature making an old abandoned home fresh again, so I very much enjoyed all the homely details in this book. I enjoyed Grace and Lilah's relationship and it was nice to see Grace develop as a person if however briefly we got to experience that. I do however need the author to write a sequel about Graces niece Helene...is the madness really over ??? This reader needs to know because I don't believe it is. Thank you for the advanced copy to read. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I hope my fellow readers read it.

This novel was very slow going and boring. It wasn't bad, very beautiful descriptions, but just a slow story line. The first part was interesting, the middle just boring, and you had a quick ending reveal.

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A great Gothic read set around the turn of the 20th century in Vermont then moving the bulk of the story to Wales. Grace is forced to confront her history and is determined to not repeat its mistakes.

4☆

Inheriting a family heirloom in the form of an antique clock with a broken moon dial as well as a seaside house in Wales, Grace Morgan mourns the loss of her mother and dreads the manifestation of a family curse that threatens to lay claim to her and everything she holds dear.
Set around the turn of the 2oth century, A Moonlit Path of Madness traces Grace's journey from the United States to the distant parish of Newport on the West Wales coast.
Partly epistolary and laced with Welsh folklore, this tragic gothic tale delves into the prevalent mental health challenges of the era in the face of unrelenting fear and all-consuming trauma, as Grace reckons with the insidious specter of her lingering grief.
This was my first read from this author and it won’t be my last. Deliciously dark and gothic with a haunting prose and atmospheric writing style giving us chills and a deeply dark feeling
The story and characters were so beautifully written that I can’t wait to read more from this author

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