A House Between Sea and Sky: a Novel by Beth Cato

INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BOOK
Publisher ‏ : ‎47th North
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1st, 2025
Format:  Paperback, audiobook, and ebook
Print length ‏ : ‎ 303 pages
Genre:  Historical Fantasy, Fiction

MY PERSONAL OPINION OF “A House between Sea and Sky” by Beth Cato

I picked this book from the early released Amazon Prime Kindle options. It really was the only book that caught my attention, and this would be my second book from author Beth Cato, and I really, really liked the first one.

For me, the best way to describe this book is fun. It was a very fun read indeed. At the beginning, it took me a bit of time to grasp the idea of the magical sourdough starter, but once the house became part of the storyline, it was easier just to get on board with all the magical stuff going on.

I truly enjoyed Fayette’s character as well as Rex’s. Their friendship, although unlikely, felt genuine because at the bottom of it, there was the need to have a real friend, and they found it in each other. The other characters were interesting, although never to the level of Fayette or Rex.

The end was fun!. With the house coming full alive and flying, and finally understanding the house’s magic and her witch. It was definitely entertaining, and I read the book super fast.

Highly entertaining, funny, tender, and packed with magic.

PREMISE OF THE BOOK AS FOUND IN AMAZON / GOODREADS:

Grieving Hollywood writer Fayette Wynne arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1926 to finish her latest project in peace. All alone, save for the preternatural sourdough starter her family has nurtured for years, Fayette is also resentful. The proven healing powers of the bread made with her starter were insufficient to save her beloved mother. For Fayette, it’s time to try and push past the pain and anger and move on.

Then, during a violent storm, Fayette saves rising star Rex Hallstrom during a moment of crisis. Their shelter: a peculiar cliffside house, its door flung open as if beckoning them. Sentient, curious, and lonely, it recognizes in Fayette a unique magic even older than its own.

In the days that follow, as a friendship grows between Fayette and Rex, they discover local legends surrounding the isolated house: It appeared in the span of a single night, its cursed origins said to be Hell itself. But for two souls who need to move forward, it provides unexpected comfort and hope. In fact, Fayette and Rex have never felt more alive. Neither has the house, whose mysteries are unending and whose wicked history may be too powerful to ignore.

MY RATING: 4.2

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bibliography:

Nebula Award-nominated Beth Cato hails from Hanford, California, but currently writes and bakes cookies in Red Wing, Minnesota. She’s the author of A THOUSAND RECIPES FOR REVENGE and A FEAST FOR STARVING STONE from 47North , plus the Clockwork Dagger duology and the Blood of Earth trilogy from Harper Voyager. Her short stories can be found in publications ranging from Beneath Ceaseless Skies to Uncanny Magazine. In 2019 and 2022, she won the Rhysling Award for short speculative poetry.

A Thousand Recipes for Revenge (read)
A Feast for Starving Stone
The Clockwork Crown
The Clockwork Dagger
Breath of Earth
Cheddar Luck Next Time

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