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Lauren Owen

    Lauren Owen is an author who focuses on deep explorations of the human experience. Her style is often described as evocative and atmospheric, immersing readers in complex emotions and thoughts. Owen's works delve into themes of identity, relationships, and the search for one's place in the world. Her unique literary approach distinguishes her as a distinct voice in contemporary literature.

    The Quick
    The Quick
    Small Angels
    • Small Angels

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      "As a teenager, Kate found a safe harbor from her parents' constant fighting in the company of the four Gonne sisters, who lived with their strict grandparents next to Small Angels, a church right on the edge of dense green woods. The first outsider to ever get close to the sisters, Kate eventually learned the family's secret: The woods are home to a capricious, menacing ghost whom generations of Gonnes had been charged with stopping from venturing into the village itself. But as the sisters grew older, braver, and more independent, and started bucking against the family's burden, the bulwark began to crack, culminating in a horrifying act of violence that drove a terrible wedge between the sisters and Kate. Chloe has been planning her dream wedding for months. She has the dress, the flowers, and the perfect venue: Small Angels, a charming old church in the village her fiancé, Sam, and his sister, Kate, grew up in. But, days before the ceremony, she starts to hear unsettling stories about Small Angels. And worse, she begins to see, smell, and hear things that couldn't possibly be real. Now, Kate is returning home for the first time in years, for Sam and Chloe's wedding. But the woods are coming alive again, and Kate must reconnect with Lucia, the most troubled of the sisters and her first love, to protect Chloe, the village, and herself"-- Provided by publisher

      Small Angels2022
      3.7
    • The Quick

      Misteri, vampiri e sale da tè

      • 526 pages
      • 19 hours of reading

      Inghilterra, fine Ottocento. James e Charlotte sono due fratelli orfani che vivono in una dimora signorile sperduta nella campagna inglese. Una volta cresciuti le loro strade si dividono: James, timido aspirante scrittore, terminati gli studi a Oxford divide l’appartamento in affitto a Londra con un affascinante giovane aristocratico. Grazie alle conoscenze del ragazzo, viene introdotto nei salotti dell’alta società e trova l’amore dove non se lo sarebbe mai aspettato. Poi, improvvisamente, scompare senza lasciare traccia. Preoccupata e determinata a trovarlo, la sorella Charlotte parte per Londra e s’immerge nelle tetre atmosfere della città industriale, dove scopre l’esistenza di un mondo segreto, popolato da personaggi incredibili e loschi che vivono ai margini della città. Un mondo in cui i confini della realtà hanno assunto forme tutte nuove. Per lei si apriranno le imponenti porte di una delle istituzioni più autorevoli e impenetrabili del paese: l’Ægolius club, luogo di ritrovo degli uomini più ambiziosi e pericolosi d’Inghilterra, cupo circolo d’élite che cela mille segreti, uno più terrificante dell’altro: una serie di sorprese che lasceranno il lettore senza fiato fino all’ultima pagina. Nel suo coinvolgente romanzo d’esordio, Lauren Owen ha creato un universo fantastico che risulta allo stesso tempo accattivante e spaventoso, dove la seduzione del gotico si fonde con l’incanto dell’ambientazione vittoriana.

      The Quick2016
      3.4
    • You are about to discover the secrets of The Quick -But first, reader, you must travel to Victorian England, and there, in the wilds of Yorkshire, meet a brother and sister alone in the world, a pair bound by tragedy. And at some point - we cannot say when - these worlds will collide.

      The Quick2014
      3.3