Review: Ye Mistress of Baphos Hall by Poppet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
Poppet is one of those authors worth following for several reasons. She is prolific, her stories are always well crafted and she approaches them with well considered originality. However, I found "Ye Mistress of Baphos Hall to be next level Poppet. This story is unlike anything else in the vault. Her choice of archaic language, the setting and the mood make it feel old, dark, and legendary. It hints at Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne and yet has a style all its own.Baphos is a story of warning told by Anne to her niece Jayne regarding the dangers that come from inheriting the estate known as Baphos Hall. Anne recounts her own horrific experience; becoming a captive of darkness in the very abode she was supposed to own.  It's a foreboding tale, but we cannot put it down, refusing to leave either Anne or Jayne in this place until we discover all its secrets. Many writers have wild imaginations, but here Poppet cuts hers loose from any restraints, letting it run through the night forest, howling at the moon. Definitely five stars!