A review by amirahazhar
Bane of Widuri by Nadiah Zakaria

4.0

8 orphaned girls have lived together in a manor their whole lives. They are promised foster parents and a chance to start new lives on their 16th birthday. 

Melur gets a vision when she touches the elusive flowers in the garden, and senses something is wrong. 

I don't want to give too much away, because it is a short story after all. 

Read if you love:
- gothic manors
- stories centred on black magic and witches
- dark academia 
- horror

I understand that Nadiah was constrained in including more gory details and plot development, but this was a stellar effort for 128 pages. I'm a sucker for a horror book, and I certainly wasn't expecting the book to turn that dark in the second half. I'm happy that I purchased this, and I'm certain this won't be my last read by the author.