Wyrde and Wayward

By: Charlotte E. English

Narrated by: Rachel Hine

‘If you had not already realised it, this is a very strange house you are come to.’

The Scions of the House of Werth are all born normal. It is what happens afterwards that sets them apart.

It is not easy being the most supernatural family in England. Nell talks to the dead; Lord Werth is too often to be found out in the churchyard at the dead of night; and the less said about Lord Bedgberry, the better.

Only Miss Gussie Werth has missed out on the family curse. She sups on chocolate, not blood; she's blissfully oblivious to specters (except for Great-Aunt Honoria, of course); and she hasn't the smallest inclination to turn into a beast upon the full moon and go ravening about the countryside.

But there's more to the Wyrde than meets the eye. When a visit to a neighboring family goes spectacularly, deliciously wrong, Gussie's ideas about her own nature undergo a swift and serious change.

Far from being the most ordinary of the bunch, she may just prove to be the most disastrous Werth of them all...

Refined Regency manners meet gothic comedy to delightfully absurd effect in Wyrde and Wayward, a fresh new series from the author of Modern Magick and the Malykant Mysteries.

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Love the "Wyred" Werth family

Miss Gussie Werth is a member of the most supernatural family in England, though she posses no abilities. At 26, her Aunt and Uncle, Lord and Lady Werth, have given her a cottage on the estate that she shares with her governess turned companion, Frosty. She spends her days annoying her cousin Theo, and helping her family, the living and he dead. Life on the estate is pretty boring for the inquisitive and mischievous Gussie. Then she is abducted, which she finds highly diverting. Her abductors seem to know much about her. Their mother seems to be a friend of her aunt. They all seem to know something about her and are surprised that is unaware. Her cousin Theo comes to the rescue. The lord turns into a dragon, in the middle of a ball .
Previously in wyred become are becoming wyred. The family book has become violent. Relatives from far and wide have been called to the estate. Gussie is the center of it all.
A fun and entertaining story. Great narration.
If you are a fan of Gail Carriger, you will likely enjoy this too.