A review by reginaexmachina
The Bride Finder by Susan Carroll

4.0

The Bride Finder is about the St. Leger family, specifically Anatole St. Leger the current head of the family. The St. Leger family however is not your typical family. It traces it's lineage to a particular man who's as mysterious and enigmatic as his successors. Almost everyone in the family is gifted with a strange power or ability including Anatole. His particular gifts include dark visions of things in the future and the ability to move people and objects with his mind. He's managed to live alone and unbothered by most of society until his legacy leaves him no choice but to use the Bride Finder. The men in the St. Leger family are said to have only one woman to love and marry for life, only to be found by the current Bride Finder. And eventually Anatole caves and decides to set the Bride Finder out to find his own wife. Who the Bride Finder returns with is nothing like Anatole expected though, and neither is Anatole to his expectant bride.

This book is really moody and atmospheric. It's very much in the same vein as books like Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and Jane Eyre. The heroine comes up to large imposing building owned by a mysterious enigmatic owner with a dark past. My only complaint is I feel like it needed to be longer and I thought the big scene at the end felt rushed. It was still highly enjoyable nonetheless and sucked me in from the first few pages.