The house isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a trap. Don’t let it trick you into thinking otherwise. 

 

After the passing of her estranged parents, Margot returns home for the first time since being sent away as a child. She’s inherited everything her parents own… including a curse. 

 

You see, the Hill is a place that has seen great tragedy hundreds of times over. And pain like that leaves a mark on the earth. 

 

This was a fun read! I’ll admit that the first 10% didn’t engage me much and I’m normally hooked on DC books from the very first page. However, it quickly turned itself around and proved to be a tense book full of moments made to make you gasp out-loud. 

 

I can say that this haunted/not exactly haunted story has been done before by the author in The Haunting of Ashburn house. However, I think its a formula that she’s made work and one that doesn’t feel like an exact copy of a previous book. 

 

This book gives me a lot of those classic haunted house tropes. You know- things that move or stop working. Blink and its gone moments. A protagonist who can’t seem to stop doing silly things. And while I think that could’ve been irritating, I found it fun and really enjoyable! 

 

“The hill takes something from most of us eventually.” 

 

There are so many layers to the plot of this book and sometimes I think they are too easily explained away, but that is my only real gripe. 

 

Thank you to NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press, and Darcy Coates for this eARC!