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The September House by Carissa Orlando
4.75
The September House was such a fun haunted read that tells the story of a haunted house in a unique way!
Margaret found her dream house for a cheap price and was so happy to be able to move in 4 year sago with her husband Hal. What they didn't know is that it was extremely haunted and gets worse in the month of September. Blood drips down the walls, ghosts run amok pointing at the basement door, and there is never-ending screaming in the night. Margaret refuses to leave the house, it is her dream home but she has kept the quirks of the house secret to her daughter. Once Hal goes missing, Margaret's daughter Katherine comes to visit against Margaret's protests. She must do everything she can to keep her daughter safe and navigate the horrors of September.
I really, really loved this book. Margaret is a wonderful MC who I think just has an unbeatable optimism in the way she handles the house and deals with the "pranksters." These are the children ghosts who appear in September and you could tell she even has a fondness towards Elias (who has viciously bit her when getting in his personal space). I admired her as a character and truly loved how it played into the entire premise. Instead of people trying to leave the haunted house, she does her best to navigate the house and the rules she creates to stay in her dream home. If anything, the relationships between the ghosts in the book and Margaret were the best parts of the book.
I loved the pacing of the plot and the general atmosphere of the book. It's quite a gory book, especially with the descriptions of the wounds that the ghosts have sustained. Also the ghosts in this book aren't just haunting, they touch people and manipulate the real world. There are those horror aspects, but at the same time this book does touch a lot on domestic violence. It really tells you a lot about Margaret and Katherine, and how their relationship is affected by that and their decisions. The book switches between the past when Margaret and Hal first bought the house and in the present where Margaret is trying to hide the house's hauntings from her daughter.
The ending is absolutely crazy! I will say this is a true haunted house story and I love that versus it being explained away or someone is crazy. Overall the book is pretty gory and graphic, but also has the sarcastic and dark humor that I really enjoy in horror books.
Margaret found her dream house for a cheap price and was so happy to be able to move in 4 year sago with her husband Hal. What they didn't know is that it was extremely haunted and gets worse in the month of September. Blood drips down the walls, ghosts run amok pointing at the basement door, and there is never-ending screaming in the night. Margaret refuses to leave the house, it is her dream home but she has kept the quirks of the house secret to her daughter. Once Hal goes missing, Margaret's daughter Katherine comes to visit against Margaret's protests. She must do everything she can to keep her daughter safe and navigate the horrors of September.
I really, really loved this book. Margaret is a wonderful MC who I think just has an unbeatable optimism in the way she handles the house and deals with the "pranksters." These are the children ghosts who appear in September and you could tell she even has a fondness towards Elias (who has viciously bit her when getting in his personal space). I admired her as a character and truly loved how it played into the entire premise. Instead of people trying to leave the haunted house, she does her best to navigate the house and the rules she creates to stay in her dream home. If anything, the relationships between the ghosts in the book and Margaret were the best parts of the book.
I loved the pacing of the plot and the general atmosphere of the book. It's quite a gory book, especially with the descriptions of the wounds that the ghosts have sustained. Also the ghosts in this book aren't just haunting, they touch people and manipulate the real world. There are those horror aspects, but at the same time this book does touch a lot on domestic violence. It really tells you a lot about Margaret and Katherine, and how their relationship is affected by that and their decisions. The book switches between the past when Margaret and Hal first bought the house and in the present where Margaret is trying to hide the house's hauntings from her daughter.
The ending is absolutely crazy! I will say this is a true haunted house story and I love that versus it being explained away or someone is crazy. Overall the book is pretty gory and graphic, but also has the sarcastic and dark humor that I really enjoy in horror books.