Very beautiful prose and atmospheric setting. Loved the sentient house, it was my favourite character. 

The book has a very flawed fmc who is willing to do anything for her brother, but forgot to ask her brother what he wanted. She can be dislikeable because of that, but I found myself liking her, flaws and all.

This book has footnotes and has sections where a character is being told a story, which might bother some readers. Personally it did not affect my reading experience.

Finally a romance that's not insta-love and where the people involved aren't the hottest two people to ever exists.