Julia vs Luces de Septiembre: Which Should You Read?

Julia Peter Straub · 1975 ★★★★☆ 3.6 287 pages · ≈ 5 h 19 m · Moderate

In a house in London a woman starts a new life, trying to put tragedy behind her. Then a pretty blonde child runs into view, bringing with her an inexplicable suggestion of evil. Once Julia Lofting had a husband and a…

Luces de Septiembre Carlos Ruiz Zafón · 2003 ★★★★☆ 4.1 287 pages · ≈ 5 h 19 m · Moderate

"When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. There, she meets a…