A review by isabelleverdino
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

4.0

An exquisitely spooky but emotionally taxing horror story. The prose is beautiful and there were so many parts that resonated: from the fears of coming out to your family, having to carry the guilt and baggage your father left to you, and feeling unwelcome in a place that should be your home.

I feel like I need to process this one. But I also feel like this story and it’s imagery is going to stay with me for a long time. I have not read much YA Horror (if any…) but this is really a testament to the genre. Considering it’s their debut, Trang Thanh Tran crafted a chilling, beautiful, and emotional story.

I’ll add that this book is a combination of Haunting of Hill House and Grady Hendrix’s My Best Friends Exorcism. But Tran has taken the most poignant and unsettling pieces of both.

I received this arc through my bookseller position at Barnes & Noble :)