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The Haunting of Ashburn House
by Darcy Coates
Have you ever watched a horror movie with a skeptical spouse who insists that the flickering lights and the moving objects and the opening doors all have a logical explanation and so they insist on wandering into the spooky basement alone with only a flashlight and thought, "Huh, I would love to read a book about that person trapped in a truly haunted house by themselves with a cat!"? Then, boy, do I have good news for you!
When 22 year old Adrienne inherits Ashburn House from her estranged great aunt Edith, an aunt that she previously didn't know existed, she moves across state with $20 in her wallet, no phone, no food, no furniture, no transportation to town, and no CLUE what she is getting herself into. And from the moment she moves into the old and decrepit house with her cat Wolfgang (the true hero of this story) it is abundantly clear that she is truly one of the stupidest main characters in a horror book that I have ever read. Even when she was logic-ing herself through things, I found myself shouting "What are you dooooinnngggg???" more often than usual. I mean But I liked the book nonetheless because Coates did such a great job of scaring the pants off of me!
When the sun goes down, the dim lights flicker and the forest around Ashburn house holds its breath. An eerie presence hangs over the house and the grisly past of the Ashburn family comes back to life.
Coates does a great job of creating suspense and instilling lingering fear with her words. The Haunting of Ashburn House is an easy and entertaining read, a perfect amount of spook and an easy enough writing style to finish it in an afternoon. Overall, I would give it maybe a 3.75 for pacing issues, but Coates always manages to genuinely scare me, so I'm rounding up for that!
When 22 year old Adrienne inherits Ashburn House from her estranged great aunt Edith, an aunt that she previously didn't know existed, she moves across state with $20 in her wallet, no phone, no food, no furniture, no transportation to town, and no CLUE what she is getting herself into. And from the moment she moves into the old and decrepit house with her cat Wolfgang (the true hero of this story) it is abundantly clear that she is truly one of the stupidest main characters in a horror book that I have ever read. Even when she was logic-ing herself through things, I found myself shouting "What are you dooooinnngggg???" more often than usual. I mean
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personally, if I moved into a house that had "NO MIRRORS" carved into the walls and cupboards, I would turn tail and run and I DEFINITELY wouldn't hang mirrors directly over the spots where they were carved? What??When the sun goes down, the dim lights flicker and the forest around Ashburn house holds its breath. An eerie presence hangs over the house and the grisly past of the Ashburn family comes back to life.
Coates does a great job of creating suspense and instilling lingering fear with her words. The Haunting of Ashburn House is an easy and entertaining read, a perfect amount of spook and an easy enough writing style to finish it in an afternoon. Overall, I would give it maybe a 3.75 for pacing issues, but Coates always manages to genuinely scare me, so I'm rounding up for that!