The youngest we get is nine for Madeline. The book is written with each chapter jumping around to either a different age in Madeline's life, or else an entry from the journal of an ancestor, Lisbeth Usher. You see all the Ushers die young, and usually are quite insane, or on their way to being completely insane by the time of their death. They live in the Usher mansion with their father and mother, as well as a team of doctors there to study the curse, and supposedly to find a cure for it. Our main character is Madeline Usher, who has a twin brother named Roderick. Although I'm not quite sure if we really found out for sure at the end the definite fates of the Ushers. While I'm not sure exactly how I feel about it, I know that it did keep me reading and needing to know what was going to happen. And now after reading this, I must say I am going to want to go back and read that story as well. I've actually not read the Edgar Allan Poe story that it's based on The Fall of the House of Usher, but have read other Poe stories and so was definitely intrigued. I had been hearing so much about it that I've been excited for when it would come time on my TBR list to read it. Thanks again to Greenwillow Books and Edelweiss for allowing me to read an e-galley of this title.
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