The Unquiet House

Emma Dean has inherited Mire House. Whilst getting to know her new home Charlie another relative who Emma doesn't know turns up wanting to find out family members. Things start to become a little strange, is the house haunted or is it Charlie trying to scare Emma.

I love stories about creepy old houses so this book was for me. I have read a book by the author before so decided to give this one ago and I wasn't disappointed.

The story is told in three timelines. Emma in present day, Frank in 1973 and Aggie in 1939. All three stories are connected to the house and all three characters are connected and all does become clear.

The first part of the story with Emma I found really creepy, especially one scene in the bedroom. The rest of the show more story flowed along and each section had its moments of unease. I would say this book is on par with The Woman in Black and the like. I would say more of a ghostly thriller rather than full on horror.

I really enjoyed this book and what made it for me was the twist at the end, I should have guessed but I didn't. A great spooky read all round. show less

This is a gothic novel in the vein of Northanger Abbey about a creepy house and its occupants. Not my typical pick and this is why Netgalley is so good; it allows you to try genres and books that you would normally try.

I mean who in their right mind would see a remote house once and then remove themselves from their former life (even if that new house was inherited) but that said if she had acted like a normal person there would not be a story!

The prose of this novel was, at times poetic and the story had many fresh original elements that kept the familiar plot original enough to keep this reader entertained, although the pace did stumble to a crawl towards the end.

The mixing of the different times was intriguing with many twists and show more turns on the way, and ratchets up the unquiet of this novel to an amazing level of tension, dread, foreboding, and ambiguity to keep the reader guessing, right up to the final reveal or twist which was unexpected to say the least

This book is creepy in every sense of the word and that feeling stayed with me for quite a while after the ending.

Full Disclosure: ARC received from Netgalley for an honest review. show less

A good start, but it petered out and lost atmosphere towards the end. I could see the resolution coming, and I've never been keen on books that over explain like I'm incapable of reading between the lines.

A good start, but it petered out and lost atmosphere towards the end. I could see the resolution coming, and I've never been keen on books that over explain like I'm incapable of reading between the lines.