Very mixed feelings about this one. The prose was smooth and easy to read, and (with a very few exceptions) I thought the relationships and characters were well-drawn. I really liked the set-up, too. I know that having your protagonists be paranormal investigators is a fairly common thing in the haunted house genre, but this was an entertaining example of it, with a lot of focus on the people and history involved. It was also genuinely creepy - I was reading this late at night and thirty pages from the end decided "Nope, the rest can wait til daylight!"

So why, with so much to like about this book, have I only given it two stars? Well, there's one very good reason for this, and it's the immensely irritating romantic subplot between Ginger and Adam. First, I sincerely disliked Adam. His introduction made him seem so unpleasant that even after a time skip and some maturing on his part (though not much, he was still arrogant, controlling, and condescending, three very unlikeable traits) his character couldn't recover for me. Hated him, hated Ginger was so stupid as to get involved with him again. I seriously groaned every time focus would shift from the scary house to these two... and that's not even getting into the come-from-nowhere climax, when Ginger's random ex pops up in the most unconvincing of ways.

In summary: everything about the house and the haunting is likeable, entertaining horror. It's just constantly dragged down by the relationship between the leads. Without it, this book would be a solid three stars from me.