The Uninvited, Cat Winters
The Uninvited, Cat Winters
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The Uninvited

Author: Cat Winters

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2015

Synopsis

From the award-winning author of In the Shadow of Blackbirds comes a stunning new novel—a masterfully crafted story of love, loss, and second chances. Set during the fear and panic of the Great Influenza of 1918, The Uninvited is part gothic ghost-story, part psychological thriller, perfect for those who loved The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield or The Vanishing by Wendy Webb.Twenty-five year old Ivy Rowan rises from her bed after being struck by the flu, only to discover the world has been torn apart in just a few short days. But Ivy’s life-long gift—or curse—remains.  For she sees the uninvited ones—ghosts of loved ones who appear to her, unasked, unwelcomed, for they always herald impending death. On that October evening in 1918 she sees the spirit of her grandmother, rocking in her mother’s chair. An hour later, she learns her younger brother and father have killed a young German out of retaliation for the death of Ivy’s older brother Billy in the Great War.Horrified, she leaves home, to discover the flu has caused utter panic and the rules governing society have broken down. Ivy is drawn into this new world of jazz, passion, and freedom, where people live for the day, because they could be stricken by nightfall. But as her ‘uninvited guests’ begin to appear to her more often, she knows her life will be torn apart once more, but Ivy has no inkling of the other-worldly revelations about to unfold.The Uninvited is an atmospheric, haunting, and utterly compelling novel. 

About Cat Winters

Cat Winters's debut novel, In the Shadow of Blackbirds, was released to widespread critical acclaim. The novel has been named a finalist for the 2014 Morris Award, a School Library Journal Best Book of 2013, and a Booklist 2013 Top 10 Horror Fiction for Youth. Winters lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on August 03, 2015

Mama paled. "Are you saying that you and Peter killed a man tonight?" "No." Father shook his head. "That wasn't a man. He was a German." Yet another instance where I pick up a Cat Winters novel and the real world just melts away. Firstly, you should know that this isn't supposed to be a YA book, un......more

Goodreads review by Navessa on April 15, 2018

If I could sum up this book in two words, those words would be haunting and atmospheric. Winters captures a dark time in American history and humanizes every character. This book is colored in shades of grey and shadowed in darker tones of charcoal and onyx. Not a light read, but one I cannot recomm......more

Goodreads review by ♛Tash on November 26, 2015

* Review has minor spoilers * 1918, the last year of the first world war and the first of the Influenza/Spanish flu pandemic that infected hundreds of millions and killed millions. It was a killer of a year and this is when The Uninvited happens. Music teacher Ivy Rowan sees dead people,The Uninvited......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on December 02, 2015

It’s 1918. World War I is on the brink of finishing, but that doesn’t mean the situation is good or desirable at all. There is an atmosphere filled with hatred towards the Germans in the U.S., and there is the influenza to deal with too, so you see, there’s nothing desirable about it. The women i......more

Goodreads review by Trish on October 28, 2016

The head makes war, but the heart makes peace and, thankfully, the heart ends up ruling more than not. This tale is utterly haunting - not in the way I expected when deciding to read this book, but still in a great way. I thought this would be a creepy ghost story before the backdrop of W......more

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