The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges

What does this mean? How can this be? He enters the contest with the intention of reaching out to Myra and finding out.įrom there, another POV is introduced, and this was my favorite part of this book. Especially when he realizes that his family house, the one he currently lives in, is a replica of this minuscule mansion of Myra’s across the country. When Alex is introduced the story starts to pick up. The Minuscule Mansion is her whole life, but she needs money to keep her cabin, so her BFF suggests that she hold a contest on her blog to raise the funds. Myra doesn’t leave her house at all, spending most of her life in the attic where the mansion resides. The first few chapters are all in Myra’s POV, as she inherits the mansion as a small child, quickly moving to her in the present day as she realizes that the cabin she’s lived in her whole life may be taken away from her and her mother due to nonpayment. Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds-big and small-and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love.

Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family’s home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale.

Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can’t understand-rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors.Īcross the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. Myra’s stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. But if anyone can tell by my reading choices last year, I’m all in on weird, intriguing PNR/Fantasy reads.Ī woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges.įrom her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. All I knew was that the blurb sounded intriguing and maybe a bit weird, and I liked the cover. I had no idea what to expect when I requested this book for review.

The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges