This was such a quick cute read, I had so much fun with this one! It did feel a wee bit too fast paced, and I would have liked to spend more time with the side characters (primarily Findley and Mr./Mrs. Weathershire). But regardless this is a fantastic fall/Halloween read I’m really looking forward to diving into the second one

Such a cute, super quick read! The art style is gorgeous, the characters and plot are well thought out, and that ending warmed my heart. I do wish it was longer though; I found it to be too fast paced, and didn’t allow much time to really get to know the characters beyond their tropes. But regardless, it’s still a fantastic story and one that I’ll definitely reread!

This isn’t at all what I expected, but I’m pleasantly surprised! I thought this was going to be your typical “angry ghost trying to murder the new people in their house” kind of story, which I was so here for. I didn’t anticipate this being what it was, but I really liked the direction it took! It was a unique take on the haunted house story, and I thought it was really well done. I did have some minor issues, like I found some of the characters to be kind of flat (mainly Nate), and the timeline was a little confusing at time. But otherwise was a fantastic read!

Alright so this book really pissed me off. It started off great; it was really funny and informative, their stories are relatable and they seemed like very down to earth people (I’ve never listened to the podcast, for context). I really liked it! But about 40% of the way through, not sure what changed but the jokes started getting less and less appropriate. I’m all for dark humour and making light of situations, but joking about child sexual assault is not even a little bit funny and should not be done unless you are a CSA survivor and use humour to cope. This happened multiple times throughout the book. Not ok. There was also a section that really got under my skin, when one of them was talking about polyarmory. She said something along the lines of being able to understand pedophiles because they can’t control what’s in their brain, but she can’t wrap her head around someone’s ability to love more than one person at a time. What the actual fuck? I understand she’s entitled to her own opinion; if she doesn’t understand polyamory then that’s fine, she doesn’t have to. But to say that being a pedofile is more normal than being poly is an absolutely disgusting statement to make. I almost DNF’d right then but I was so close to the end that I made myself finish.

So that’s my rant. This book is genuinely funny, so I wouldn’t not recommend it. But be aware that you’re in for some really inappropriate jokes if you do read it

3.5 stars

I did really like this and plan on reading the other books in the series, but I feel like the stories got less interesting near the end. And some were noticeably better than others in my opinion. There was one or two that I found a complete bore, but then others that actually creeped me out lol. Overall it wasn’t my favourite, but it was a quick read and great for the Halloween season