After receiving a strange and worrying letter from her newlywed cousin, Noemi is sent by her father to go and check on her cousin’s condition. Noemi is to leave behind her home in the Mexican countryside and travel into the mysterious and cursed High Place. Noemi is a socialite, a glamorous debutante who wants to get a masters in anthropology and enjoy her life filled with beautiful boys, fashion, and champagne. Traveling to a isolated home in which her cousin believes her new husband is trying to kill her was not on Noemi’s schedule but when her father promises to support her college dreams Noemi packs her bags and sets off into the gothic home. When she arrives she is greeted with rude staff, creepy pictures, a family with a murderous family history, a cousin who is erratic and sick, and an unsettling atmosphere. Noemi soon finds herself digging into the mysterious family history and the sinister happenings at High Place. She is haunted with strange and disturbing dreams, noises that occur during the night, and visions and hallucinations that slowly start driving her mad. She must find a way to save her cousin and herself before it is too late and this family and house consumes her too. This book absolutely lives up to it’s gothic name. This was the epitome of a gothic story filled with a creepy home, a sinister family, dark secrets, and mysterious. I have to say my favorite character by the end of the book was Noemi’s cousin Catalina. Catalina fought for her sanity, she never stopped fighting to escape, and when it came to the climax of the story oh boy did she pull through and get her revenge. The relationship between Noemi and Francis was tentative and sweet to read. I found myself thoroughly enjoying this story and definitely shocked and disgusted by the secrets of the family. Overall, I would HIGHLY recommend this book, especially with the spooky season coming!