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4.01 AVERAGE
“Every house has a story to tell & a secret to share.” I love photographing old houses and sometimes researching or finding out the home’s history. If I ever come across a house named Baneberry Hall, I’m running the other direction!
@riley.sager always writes page-turners but this one will haunt me for awhile! You can pick this book up June 30th! Thanks @bookofthemonth for the early release selection! #goodreadschallenge @duttonbooks @bookofthemonth
@riley.sager always writes page-turners but this one will haunt me for awhile! You can pick this book up June 30th! Thanks @bookofthemonth for the early release selection! #goodreadschallenge @duttonbooks @bookofthemonth
When she was five years old, Maggie Holt fled the manor house she and her family had been living in for a few weeks, never to return. Her parents claim the manor was haunted and her father wrote a best seller. Maggie was never let in on the truth. When she inherits the manor after her father's death - surprised it's still in the family - she returns to fix it up and find answers. That she's told it's not safe does not help.
There are two main plot lines, Maggie's, and that of her father's best seller. The build up is great, with mysterious deaths in the past to be resolved, as well as the more recent disappearance of Petra, who used to baby-sit Maggie. This provides great forward tension and at points this really was a nail biter. I enjoyed it a lot, loved the resolution and will definitely be reading more of this author.
There are two main plot lines, Maggie's, and that of her father's best seller. The build up is great, with mysterious deaths in the past to be resolved, as well as the more recent disappearance of Petra, who used to baby-sit Maggie. This provides great forward tension and at points this really was a nail biter. I enjoyed it a lot, loved the resolution and will definitely be reading more of this author.
I really liked it til the 60% mark. Started feeling anticlimactic but enjoyable
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Excellent read. Takes a haunted house story and flips it upside down with a narrator who doesn't trust herself. I love that bit of a twist.