{"product_id":"midnight-rooms-a-novel-isbn-9780063228108","title":"Midnight Rooms: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An immersive horror fairy tale marrying \u003ci\u003eCrimson Peak\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003ePan’s Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e upon strange foundations. You’re never really safe here, with \u003ci\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e wondrously defying expectation and refusing obedience. Donyae Coles leads us into a house of sinister magic, full of corners for peeking around, but careful—these walls have claws. A feverish, labyrinthine debut.”—Hailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eQueen of Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in a foreboding Gothic mansion and infused with the heightened paranoia and creeping horror of novels like \u003ci\u003eCatherine House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrimson Peak\u003c\/i\u003e, a spine-chilling debut historical thriller from a fresh voice in Gothic horror that will leave you questioning who, or what, you can trust . . . including your own sanity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland, 1840. Orabella Mumthrope spies an unexpected visitor in her uncle’s parlor. Scruffy in appearance yet claiming to be the scion of a fabulously wealthy family, Elias Blakersby declares a deep desire to make Orabella his wife. The orphaned daughter of a white man and a Black woman—a biracial heroine and outsider with no fortune or connections—Orabella never expected to marry. But her uncle has many debts, and Orabella, curious about the seeming devotion Elias bestows upon her, agrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new bride is quickly whisked away to Korringhill Manor, the Blakersby family estate, and far from everything she knows. Expecting splendor, Orabella is shocked to find decay, skittish servants, and curt elders. But her kind new husband’s loving touch, promises of a happy life together, and his assurances she’ll never want for anything soothe her concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet in this isolated manor, a darkness runs deep. Rooms are locked or hidden away, and the walls seem to thrum with secrets. Orabella can never venture outside unattended; she spends her days having tea with a catatonic sister-in-law and evenings at Elias’s side, dutifully hosting lavish dinners. The darkness soon begins to engulf her, too. In this chilling tale of gaslighting and psychological horror, she becomes dizzy and drowsy after dinner, falls into a fitful sleep filled with macabre dreams, and is awakened by blood-curdling screams in the night. In the morning she rises from her bed covered in mysterious bruises. Confused and terrified, she begins to question where her dreams end and reality begins. The longer Orabella stays in this place, the more she loses parts of herself . . . how long until she no longer exists?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping saga of supernatural suspense with Gothic undertones set in Victorian England. Vibrating with tension, richly atmospheric—haunted by ghosts, guilt, and familial bonds—it is an electrifying story that will linger in your dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"An immersive horror fairy tale marrying \u003cem\u003eCrimson Peak\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003ePan's Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e upon strange foundations. You're never really safe here, with \u003cem\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e wondrously defying expectations and refusing obedience. Donyae Coles leads us into a house of sinister magic, full of corners for peeking around, but careful—these walls have claws. A feverish, labyrinthine debut.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHailey Piper, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A hallucinatory Gothic nightmare, at once beautiful, cruel, and feral.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEden Royce, award-winning author of Root Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonder—a rich and textured novel with the heart of a macabre fairy tale. Coles’ story is no less ominous, labyrinthine, and dark than the Gothic castle in which it takes place.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeal Auch, artist and author of Disassembly of the Pig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e is a gorgeous and heady take on the classic Gothic romance. Coles' deftly crafted heroine, Orabella, takes us along for a sweet and heavy fever dream of horror, with dark magic looming around every crumbling corner\u003cstrong\u003e. A compelling story that won’t let go—this is everything I wanted.\u003c\/strong\u003e” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurel Hightower, author of Crossroads and Below\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An overwhelming sense of unease and rich atmosphere practically drip from every page in this disquieting and equally compelling debut novel from a new, devastatingly original voice in speculative fiction. In \u003cem\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e, Donyae Coles has crafted a superb and intricately layered fever dream that I continue to think about long after having closed the book.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric LaRocca, author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Coles’s prose is evocative and strange and pairs brilliantly with the Gothic tropes she expertly deploys. This is a fever dream of a novel that readers won’t want to wake up from\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Coles turns the typical fairy tale upside down and inside out and back again. The novel shifts to something like a fever dream, as Orabella's visions of her life in the manor dissolve inside what seems to be a 'court of fairies and monsters.' Therein lies the confusion of \u003cem\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e, and in it, a dark mystery unravelling across its pages--what is Orabella's imagination, and what is real?. . . With vivid and gory detail, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e is a genre-spanning work of history and horror, fantasy and fairy tale, that pulses with a dark energy from start to unsettling finish\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shadows dance in the corridors in Korringhill Manor and a family with secrets awaits in this decadent Gothic fairy tale. Donyae Coles' \u003cem\u003eMidnight Rooms\u003c\/em\u003e is a lush and shimmering, hallucinatory nightmare. . . captivating, potent and lyrical.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCynthia Pelayo, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Crime Scene\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The writing style and common tropes that fans have come to expect are all here—the decaying house, ever-shifting hallways, odd family gatherings, and a deadly, inherited curse….Coles’s novel is another stellar example of how marginalized voices are taking a perennially popular genre, previously dominated by white characters and authors, and revitalizing it for 21st-century readers in a manner that honors its history but injects brand-new terrors”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nothing is as it seems. A gorgeous, rich, and claustrophobic gothic horror-mance that reads like a fever dream. This is a novel to be savored.\u003c\/strong\u003e”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNino Cipri, Astoria Bookshop, Queens, New York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890896302309,"sku":"NP9780063228108","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063228108.jpg?v=1730234295","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/midnight-rooms-a-novel-isbn-9780063228108","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}