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Okay, this one just slid into the #2 spot for my rankings of favorite haunted house stories. If I just need to complain about something…I wanted more! I wasn’t ready for it to be over! I am so addicted to that “high” I get from reading suspenseful thrillers of this caliber.
With every haunted house story - there is always lore involved, or an entity, a violent history - *something* that started it all. With this novella, that author added a freaking awesome origin story at the end that gives us readers the origin story of The Bone Crone. That was such a nice touch, a real chef’s kiss.
Let’s talk about the plot. We met our main characters, David and Luca and straight away, we have a scandal. David, a very prestigious horror author in London is photographed with his lover, Luca. There are a couple issues with this: David is twice Luca’s age AND Luca is David’s best friend’s SON. Let’s compound this further with the fact that Luca’s dad is also David’s publisher.
As a result, David blows town and takes refuge on a sparsely populated moor in a house his agent rented him for the next three months. David intends to write his next horror novel and hide out from the gossip while making a clean break from Luca.
This house, though. It was recently built and the owners abandoned it after a month. Left it fully furnished — and bailed.
Things start happening. What I love here is David, as an author, uses these strange and unexplained happenings as fodder for his book he’s writing. I got such a kick out of that! I thought it was a really fun touch.
Reader, I leave for you to discover for yourself because it’s just more fun that way. I absolutely enjoyed this novella and I am so excited to read more of Beverly Lee’s work!
With every haunted house story - there is always lore involved, or an entity, a violent history - *something* that started it all. With this novella, that author added a freaking awesome origin story at the end that gives us readers the origin story of The Bone Crone. That was such a nice touch, a real chef’s kiss.
Let’s talk about the plot. We met our main characters, David and Luca and straight away, we have a scandal. David, a very prestigious horror author in London is photographed with his lover, Luca. There are a couple issues with this: David is twice Luca’s age AND Luca is David’s best friend’s SON. Let’s compound this further with the fact that Luca’s dad is also David’s publisher.
As a result, David blows town and takes refuge on a sparsely populated moor in a house his agent rented him for the next three months. David intends to write his next horror novel and hide out from the gossip while making a clean break from Luca.
This house, though. It was recently built and the owners abandoned it after a month. Left it fully furnished — and bailed.
Things start happening. What I love here is David, as an author, uses these strange and unexplained happenings as fodder for his book he’s writing. I got such a kick out of that! I thought it was a really fun touch.
Reader, I leave for you to discover for yourself because it’s just more fun that way. I absolutely enjoyed this novella and I am so excited to read more of Beverly Lee’s work!
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