Thank you to Atria books for a Netgalley. 

Well, this one was quite the ride. The premise? Loved it. Locked door in the middle of no where? Yes please. Haunted house? Yes. Mysterious author who asks other women for a writing retreat but you know she has alliterative motives? Also yes. Did the enjoy the ending? YESSSSSSSS

Execution? Eh. While I was ok with the craziness of the ending, which will bother some, I felt this book stood still too many times. Our protagonist is whiny to the point of immaturity and too woe it me. The book inside the book actually took away from the plot in my opinion, as I found the background of the house took too much time. We kept coming back to that and honestly it made the book less creepy. 

Overall, I enjoyed this book. Would I recommend it? Yes, but those who don't like a stretch of an ending will have to suspend belief or move on from this.