{"id":29622,"date":"2025-12-05T18:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/?p=29622"},"modified":"2025-12-05T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:10:25","slug":"wormwood-abbey-christina-baehr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wormwood-abbey-christina-baehr\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Wormwood Abbey, by Christina Baehr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I won a copy of <a href=\"https:\/\/christinabaehr.com\/\">Christina Baehr<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0CGRNDWSZ?\">Wormwood Abbey<\/a> over on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DOZcFj8AS8Z\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\"> Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29624 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wormwood-abbey-cover-e1764978995838.jpg\" alt=\"wormwood abbey cover\" width=\"313\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>As a Victorian clergyman\u2019s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything \u2014 until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap. When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wormwood Abbey isn&#8217;t just full of curious beasts and ancient family secrets: there\u2019s also a tall, dark, and entirely too handsome neighbour who is strangely reluctant for her to leave.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>An unexpected bond with her prickly cousin Gwendolyn gives Edith a reason to stay in this strange world \u2014 especially when it turns out that Edith herself may have a role in guarding her family&#8217;s legacy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But not all of the mysteries of Ormdale are small enough to fit in her lap&#8230;and some of them have teeth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22823 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/souldeep-my-review-e1698804010600-300x53.png\" alt=\"my review\" width=\"209\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/souldeep-my-review-e1698804010600-300x53.png 300w, http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/souldeep-my-review-e1698804010600.png 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I really thought this was marvelously cozy in a fantastical, historic England. I adored the gothic setting, classic literary references, kindnesses, humour, and the characters. I especially enjoyed Edith. I always appreciate a practical heroine, and she is very practical. No hysterics for her, even in the most dire of circumstances. I did think it a little slow, and some of the narrative, while stylistically appealing, was a bit vague on detail. I&#8217;d be more than happy to finish the series out, though.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DR5odM3kguk\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29623 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wormwood-abbey-photo.jpg\" alt=\"wormwood abbey photo\" width=\"183\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Other Reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HDPR39RgTG\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/goodeyreads.com\/2025\/04\/19\/book-review-wormwood-abbey-the-secrets-of-ormdale-1-by-christina-baehr\/\">Book Review: Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale #1) by Christina&nbsp;Baehr<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Book Review: Wormwood Abbey (The Secrets of Ormdale #1) by Christina&nbsp;Baehr&#8221; &#8212; GoodeyReads\" src=\"https:\/\/goodeyreads.com\/2025\/04\/19\/book-review-wormwood-abbey-the-secrets-of-ormdale-1-by-christina-baehr\/embed\/#?secret=qPO1VDB1V2#?secret=HDPR39RgTG\" data-secret=\"HDPR39RgTG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I won a copy of Christina Baehr&#8216;s Wormwood Abbey over on Instagram. As a Victorian clergyman\u2019s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything \u2014 until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap. When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[231,3294,2854,51,517],"class_list":["post-29622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-booksbook-review","tag-book-review","tag-christina-baehr","tag-cozy-fantasy","tag-dragons","tag-self-published"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29625,"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29622\/revisions\/29625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sadieforsythe.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}