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The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry
3.75

Thank you so much @BerkleyPub for having me on this tour & for the gifted copy of the book!
Thank you so much to @PRHAudio for the complimentary audio!

This book will be published on May 14, 2024.

I was drawn to this book as it had the Hollywood adjacent theme as our main character Harry works for recluse horror movie director Javier Castillo. This book is told from dual timelines and dual POVs with the present being told only from Harry's POV.

It is hard to describe what all was happening in this book without giving things away but the premise of the book focuses on Harry who cleans the house of Javier and started noticing that things weren't always what they seem. She starts to notice a costumes/props moving and hearing noises. And then after a death of an actress at the house, her fear and suspicions of the home began to accelerate.

The book just builds and builds until it all unfolds in the last couple of chapters. I won't say I was surprised by all the revelations but I also did not see some of it coming. But then the book just ended. I would love to have seen what ended up happening with Harry and Gabe.

I love the relationship between Harry and Gabe. She is all he has and I just love how Gabe really admires his mom.

I paired my reading with the audio and I thought the narrator Lisa Flanagan did such a great job as Harry and all the characters. She especially nailed down Harry's son Gabriel and his tween voice.

If you are looking to give horror a try, I think this would be a good intro to the genre. This wasn’t gory and just a little creepy.