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The September House
by Carissa Orlando
3.5 ⭐️ That was unexpected, in a really good way. This is a very different take on a haunted house book, in that instead of the residents being scared and running away from the ghosts, the owner is resigned to live peacefully with them and develops her own sense of rules and acceptance to survive…that is until her husband disappears and her daughter comes to town determined to find him. Only it is September, the one month where all the ghosts of the house become restless. I loved the audio version of this book, I think the narrator’s cadence and despondency to her experience was top notch. I know a lot of other reviewers thought it was boring but I loved that it was so different. I am also an outlier regarding the ending of this book, which I won’t go into details but the last 20% or so this book throws in some curveballs that didn’t sit well with me, but I was still OK with how this ended. Also, I expected this to be somewhat scary and it wasn’t at all, gory yes but not scary in the slightest. I took off 1/2 a star for that end curveball but still highly recommend this book if you want something different from your traditional haunted house story.