189 reviews for:

House Of Secrets

Darcy Coates

3.85 AVERAGE

remokelly's review against another edition

1.5

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sabriena's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

tabbyann4's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

opplecopter's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rubymonday's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

susysstories's review against another edition

2.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The duology meets a nice ending. Still not one of my favourite books though: not enough creepiness, not enough originality and the characters didn't engage me enough. It just seemed more of the same thing, I think the story could easily have been told in 1 book.

Characters 6
Atmosphere 6
Writing Style 6
Premise 5
Execution/Plot 5
Execution/Pace 7
Execution/Setup 6
Enjoyment/Engrossment 5
Narration 6

redqueen84's review against another edition

3.0

dark

nightmarebees's review

3.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: No

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as a sequel, this felt very much like the second half of a boss fight. we know WHAT the monster is, now we have to find out HOW to kill it. unfortunately, that mystery ended up being less engaging than the suspense of book one. rather than being straight up and down gothic, it went into threads of possession and monster fighting that kind of confused the sense of subgenre. i still had a good time, just didn’t devour this one quite like the first. 

raybelle9's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

elauren113's review

3.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes