
Book guide
A Skinful of Shadows
A girl built to hold ghosts must turn her haunting into her weapon.
Genre and trope pairingsYoung AdultComing of ageYoung AdultSecret powersFantasySecret powersHistoricalWar storyParanormalGhostsParanormalPossession
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About A Skinful of Shadows
Young Makepeace has learned to resist the spirits that seek refuge inside her, until tragedy causes her to drop her guard and one gets in. When she is sent to her father’s wealthy, dangerous family amid talk of civil war, that wild spirit may be her only defence against their terrible secret.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- possession
- ghosts
- war
- death
- confinement
- animal cruelty
- animal death
- death of a parent



