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The Toll House by Carly Reagon
3.5
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

The story focuses on two families in different time periods living at the Toll House, switching between the tollkeeper and his wife in the 1800s to current day with Kelda and her son Dylan. I enjoyed the story overall, but felt it lacked depth. You learn early on of the historic events of the house, and so it's easy to see how they link with the mysterious and unsettling happenings of the current day. I enjoyed the various relationships between the characters, and that's what saved the story for me. Some twists are better than others -
the Simon reveal I found a little disappointing
. It was a good spooky read, and I thought the two timelines were told really well.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.