The Veil

By: Rachel Harrison

Narrated by: Louisa Krause

Length: 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Sally has recently left an unfulfilling job to volunteer at a living history museum, where she is assigned to the Death House. Every day, she dons Victorian mourning garb and describes traditional funeral services to tourists. It sounds depressing as hell, but for Sally, it’s less depressing than her tepid marriage to her childhood sweetheart. 

This becomes all too clear when she accidentally travels through time and space to a liminal world where the ghosts of the living history museum haunt its grounds. There, she meets and falls hard for Victorian-era pretty boy Nathaniel. Their heady, romantic encounters douse Sally in the sad reality that her marriage is anything but and leave her tempted to join Nathaniel permanently in his realm. 

Is Sally’s marriage literally a fate worse than death, or is there another way altogether? 

©2021 Rachel Harrison (P)2021 Audible Originals

Quick pleasure

This is short but it kept my attention throughout. Nice message at the end of the journey. Worth the time.

Odd Yet Entertaining

*no spoilers*

Louisa Krause was a great narrator. She did various voices with an satisfactory precision. I was pleased.
I’ll be on the lookout for her work in the future.

Now onto this odd little tale of woe, uncertainty and growth. Sally is a typical young woman going about her day to day life, when it becomes too stagnant even for her own simple taste she takes up a volunteer position at “The Death House.”

We don’t learn much about the period museum she works for, but enough to be content as it isn’t pertinent to the story we’re being told. However, I didn’t learn enough about why the oddities of The Death House exist or what brought about her experiences in the museums new addition… I would love to read Rachel Harrison’s full story but for now I will say it was enjoyable, though rather “young,” in the way it feels.

I’d recommend it to my little sister who is in her early 20’s. It was enjoyable but I wanted more. Which isn’t really a terrible thing when you consider it.

Finally, I’ll say I found it rather predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless.

unique

The last scene in the hearst is a wake up call for the entire story.

Too Shoet

I wish this story was longer ! The author pulls you in and takes you on a ride in only 45 mins.

Sweet story

Really sweet story. Nice to get the message that you are ok just the way you are and you do not need to please anyone but yourself.

Would Benefit from More Space

The concept is very interesting, but I feel like this one would benefit from more room to breathe— i.e. a format that allowed for slower pacing . I will give it credit for an unexpected ending.

Nice romantic ghost story

I liked it. Nice lesson about independence and love. The narration was great and I would recommend. I listened while I made dinner.

Original and fun!

This was a fun little fantastical story combining old fashioned romance with modern relationship complications and a little extra steaminess for good measure. Charmingly original concept, accomplished with enough realism to ground the tale and a delightfully humorous tone. The reader was great, handling the transitions between the characters (even the British accent) beautifully. I enjoyed this one a lot!

Cute Short Story

This was an enjoyable, cute short story geared toward younger listeners (15-29 year olds).

Quick and enjoyable

This was a nice break in between books. I thought the narration was well done and the story held my interest. While nothing spectacular, it was still worth a listen.