#The Library of the Dead

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Our Lady Of Mysterious Ailments & The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle

books 2 & 3 in the Edinburgh Nights series

paranormal mystery set in a climate-ravaged future Scotland, plagued by ghosts and magic

follows a 15yo Black girl who’s finally gotten an in to learn scientific magic properly - but it turns out to be an unpaid internship, so she has to take more jobs delivering ghost messages and investigating mysteries to take care of her gran and little sister

in book 2 she’s investigating a strange illness centred on a magic school for boys

and in book 3 she’s attending a global magician conference held in a creepy castle - when someone’s murdered, and they’re locked in until she figures out the culprit

Zimbabwean magic, friendship, disabled characters, no romance (so far)

[cantheywinthehungergames]

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Tribute Name: Ropa Moyo

Age: 14-15 (throughout series)

Media: Edinburgh Nights series

Restrictions: No magic and no communication with the dead

Propaganda: "She's a scrappy teen drop out. she already lives in a dystopian society so that's not anything new for her to adjust to. She's had to fight for everything she, her grandmother, and her sister have had for the last few years. Got them from a gang encampment (where she helped with the thieving) to a tiny trailer on some farm land (going legit as well). She might be more accustomed to an urban environment, but given the resources in the training facility; she is a quick learner and can pick up nature tips there. She also operates in a world older than her so she has seen some things. Ropa has gone after many much more powerful foes in the series so a big 18 year old boy with throwing knives or broad sword wouldn't be absurd for her. She would have a difficult time with gaining sponsors because she is very rough around the edges but she can turn on the charm at times to get what she needs from the Capitol. tldr: she's basically very Katniss coded, but with dystopian Edinburgh and not dystopian rural West Virginia. and a elderly grandmother not clinically depressed mother."

[libraryleopard]

been on a ghost book kick lately so i read the library of the dead by t.l. huchu which is about a girl living in edinburgh who earns a living talking to ghosts and i thought it was super interesting that it's set in a near-future, somewhat dystopian version of edinburgh, i didn't realize that at all when i picked it up but i thought it was a very interesting and distinctive choice

[newnamesamecharlotte]

„Gran's always told me I should be more compassionate. The problem is I find it much easier to feel for the orphans freezing outside the gate than to be sympathetic to a laird with his own private castle. Boohoo, cry me a river.“

The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by T. L. Huchu

[salad-flavored-adventures]

i think its probably because ghosts create a major entropic shift to stay in our realm, and that causes it to become cold. And the cold shrinks the wood in the door, making it creak louder because its slightly compressed.

but yeah oil drinking is cool too

My theory is that ghosts get their energy by sucking the oil out of door hinges. That's how you know a place is haunted. Because the doors creak, even if you've just oiled them. The ghosts suck the oil out.

[blogthefiresidechats]

"The Library of the Dead" by T. L. Huchu

I finished reading this and thought I’d share. I have to admit, Ropa got on my nerves for the first couple of chapters. I don’t know what it was but I didn’t exactly like her at first. But that quickly changed and I ended up liking her. She’s a tough cookie but she has to be given her circumstances. However, she’s human enough to make her seem believable (if that makes any sense at all). I…

[ditzybat]

jason: you don’t even know what my favorite book is, how could you even stand to call yourself my father if you don’t know me anymore!?

bruce: jay, your favorite is pride and —

tim: the velveteen rabbit.

jason: … i’ve had like two conversations with you outside of murder attempts, how do you know that?

tim: im not an amateur, i took my baby stalker duties very seriously!

[jonathanpongratz]

Book Review: The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights #1)

  Howdy Readers! Hope your workweek ended up well enough. I’m still scrambling with grad school work, so I’m keeping this intro short. Today I’m sharing my review of The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights #1) by T.L. Huchu.  I haven’t ever read anything by this author, but the paranormal theme really spoke to me so I decided to give this a chance. How’d it end up? Let’s find out!   Blurb When…

[nettirw]

THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD - $0.99 BookBub

The Library of the Dead is currently a BookBub selection. Snag this eBook now through the end of March 3rd for only $0.99 in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology and illustrated throughout by gak, The Library of the Dead is an anthology of literary fiction inspired by Chapel of the Chimes, a crematory and columbarium founded…

[cryptidquin]

So I started reading the Edinburgh Nights series, I really like it so far!

I don't typically enjoy things written in first person, but Ropa is an interesting protagonist and I've actually liked sort of stepping into her shoes.

The setting is interesting and the author does a great job of slowly introducing new information so that you don't get overwhelmed. It's a simple read but definitely not simply written, every word really serves its purpose towards telling you about Ropa and the world around her.

I'm about halfway through the first book and so far I really recommend it to anyone who enjoys modern fantasy, thrillers, and the occult.

[0bsessiv3s0ul]

I can't wait for Autumn 🍂🍁

[lesbxdyke]

I would like to again big up libraries as safe spaces for people of all types!

I had a psychotic episode in my local library while I was in there working and had convinced myself that I was in a bubble dimension and if I left the library I would die, and that being what had happened to the librarian because I hadn't seen them in an hour (it's a small, local library. You can see the librarians desk from where I sit to work)

Now obviously they weren't dead, they were just in the little office that I couldn't see into.

I'm also lucky enough to be a very self aware psychotic, so I reached out to my support network to make sure I got home safely. But none of them could actually get me OUT of the library and I was still absolutely certain that if I stepped off the carpet and onto the tile, I would die.

So I got up, I made my way to the desk, I found the librarian and I said "I need your help. I'm having a psychotic episode and this is what I currently believe. Could you please come out from behind your desk and stand on the tiles so I can see it won't kill me?"

And they did. They didn't shame me, or laugh, or tell me it wasn't real. They said "Yeah, that must be scary." And thanked me when I admitted I'd thought them dead and been really upset about that because I liked them.

And then stood there on the tile, while I stood on the carpet, for ten minutes while I chatted shit and tried to build up my courage to step on the tile, just in case. Including telling me that if this happened again and I needed to call someone, to disregard the usual 'don't call people in the library' rule and just do so after I promised I was going to be calling my husband the second I was on the tile so he could safely walk me home.

(& so no one worries: my husband got me home safe, and a friend came to check on me a little while later and brought me food and I'm fully Cognizant and out of it now)

I cannot imagine another place where I could approach someone and say that and not get the police or an ambulance called on me. Neither of which I needed or would have been helpful.

I cannot imagine another place where a member of staff would stand somewhere for ten minutes to make sure I felt safe enough leaving.

I cannot imagine another place where I would not only be explicitly welcomed back, but be told "If this happens again here, disregard our normal rules to take care of yourself."

I cannot imagine another place on this earth that I would feel safe enough returning to, 3 days later, after an episode like that.

Libraries are a fucking Godssend and should be protected at all costs!

[dandelionjack]

My Name Is Meven Stoffat I Like To Write About Digital Afterlives. What If You Died Yeah And Basically Somebody Uploaded Your Consciousness To The Cloud And You Became A Ghost Online? What A Fascinating Concept I’m Going To Include It In Every Episode From Now One. Four Point Five Billion Times

[newnamesamecharlotte]

I just finished The Mystery at Dunvegan Castly by T.L. Huchu (third book in the Library of the Dead series) and it’s soooooo good!!!

I love Ropa so much, she’s such a great character 😭 I hope there will be more books in the series

[torpublishinggroup]

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw

The Hellebore Technical Institute is for the gifted: Anti-Christs, Ragnaroks, and monsters in the making. But on graduation day, the faculty feast on their students. Trapped in the school’s vast library, Alessa Li—kidnapped and forcibly enrolled—must lead her classmates in something they were never taught: how to survive.

Out July 22, 2025!

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.

Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1532.

London, 1827.

Boston, 2019.

Three young women, their bodies planted in the same soil, their stories tangling like roots. One grows high, and one grows deep, and one grows wild. And all of them grow teeth.

Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

Nick Carraway has built a quiet life in 1930s New York. He's good at watching high society and pretending: pretending to be straight, to be human, to have forgotten the summer of 1922. But when a familiar face appears one dark night, he realizes Gatsby, dead or not, isn’t finished with him. In all paper there is memory, and Nick's ghost has come home.

Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang

With an armored, oath-bound hero reminiscent of The Mandalorian and the Asian-inspired epic fantasy of She Who Became the Sun, Neon Yang’s Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame is a stunning queer novella about a dragon hunter finding home with a dragon queen.

Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender

Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he is forced to learn alchemy in secret. Caught by brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested—but instead she makes him an offer: help her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power, and she’ll keep his secret.

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

In the small town of Thistleford, the Hawthorn family tends enchanted willows and honours an ancient compact to sing to them in thanks for their magic. Sisters Esther and Ysabel are devoted to the trees, and even more to each other. But when Esther rejects a forceful suitor for a lover from Faerie, the bond between them—and their lives—are put at risk.

Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

After losing the parents who saved him from an abusive home, Griffon Keming is left with a single journal—his father’s, written from death row. Bloodstained and grief-soaked, it tells a love story between two artists on fire. Notes from a Regicide is a heart-wrenching tale of trans self-discovery with a sci-fi twist from award-winning author Isaac Fellman. 

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends, and her life has spiraled since. Memories of that night torment Alice, but when asked to return to the House, she knows she must go. Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is a dark, unflinching haunted house story that confronts both supernatural and real-world horrors through the lens of the modern-day trans experience.

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