thank you so much to Netgalley and Farrar, Straus, and Giroux for this ARC! 
HAPPY RELEASE DAY TO MODEL HOME !!!
this book is intense, and i’m still not completely sure how to feel about it. this is one of those horror novels that is very much “the real horror was the childhood trauma along the way”. 
it’s about three siblings: Ezri (our main character), Eve, and Emmanuelle, who all grew up in a rich texas neighborhood (this neighborhood is also extremely white). they all have been trying to escape the trauma of their childhoods and what this house has (possibly?) done to them.
i love this spin on the haunted house story, i know that the real horror being the childhood trauma is a tad cliche anymore but i thought this take on it was done very well. i also love the subtle shifts when switching from the present day to when Ezri was a child, as in the latter sections all quotation marks in dialogue disappear. i thought that was a super interesting way to feel more like we’re in their head.

i do have a couple of nitpicks, my main one being how little Elijah (Ezri’s daughter) was used. she was such an interesting character in her own right and i really feel like she could have been more present and active in the story. she technically does have a subplot, but it mainly features in the final ~5 percent and only seems to really affect Ezri.
another nitpick is one i feel less strongly about, i just feel like the climax could have been better done. it felt like it was building up to end with a bang and then just sort of fizzled out :/

again thank you to Netgalley for this ARC and HAPPY RELEASE DAY🎉