I highly recommend this book. The writing was excellent, the story was fun to follow, and it was a quick read as well – only a little over 200 pages. It had elements from multiple genres and you need not be a fantasy fan to enjoy this read. If you like classics, haunted houses, detective stories, fantasy, science fiction, or even literary fiction I would say this may appeal to you.

In fact, the books it most reminded me of were Coraline and We Have Always Lived in the Castle, maybe even a little bit of A Visit from the Goon Squad.

I have a full review and some Q&A with the person who recommended it to me on my blog as well.