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4.0

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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This story makes you uncomfortable. Marketing this as horror doesn’t seem quite right for it. Nothing about it is particularly scary, but the entire book has an undercurrent of discomfort that you can’t quite put your finger on. The couple is drawn to this house, and it’s magic, but they both seem to regret setting the rule about not asking those two questions. Everything for them becomes about the place, and when they try to take a break- the house comes to them.

This was a relatively quick read. I read it all in one sitting. The entire time I was waiting for something horrible to happen to the couple. This was somewhat because of the marketing for horror and the intense tension the writing creates. You expect something dangerous to occur, and yet, it doesn’t.

This is a short book, but I felt the ending was dissatisfying, which takes a star away from this review.