DNF at 35%. This was just not for me. It moved WAY too slowly and I was quite bored. Lots of stereotypical mystery tropes which I did not like. Also not a fan of any of the characters and failed to connect with any of them.

I did not care for the writing style, either.

Thank you Lilac Ink Books LLC for the copy.

Green House Haunting eerieness and spookiness 9/10, I love mystery and spooky books along with not being able to have the twist figured out. If you can do that when I’m reading then you’ve done an amazing job. 🤌🏻 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Green House Haunting; (Andy Watts Book 1) by Olivia York was interesting enough for me to already be ready for the sequel! I was truly thankful to have gotten to read this before most people! I would like to purchase this one for my physical library!

Andy aspires to be a respect reporter to honor her mother. She jumps at the chance to help solve an aged old mystery. Roadblocks are set in path to discover the truth about this mystery. The events that occurred makes her realize that there is reason why everyone is staying quiet. The story has a great plot and well-written characters. An adventurous thriller story.

Disclaimer: I received a review copy of this book and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

This book has everything I love about thrillers. It's eerie, keeps me on the edge of my seat needing to know what's to come and scared to experience it at the same time. I love the storyline, the characters and I never saw or expected the twists this book took.

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Green House Haunting is the perfect level of mystery and eeriness that leaves you grasping the edge of your seat as you wait to see what happens next. This book was creepy and spooky, perfect for the upcoming Halloween season. I loved that there was a mystery to be solved and that this was an actual ghost story.

The story is set in a small town Cottage River in the early 1980’s where Andy is hired by the Ill mannered Lillian to write an article about her mother’s death and the disappearance of her little brother, Linus. Andy is to write her story while staying alone in the isolated “Green House” where the whole mystery began. As Lillian suspected, the Green House has a story to tell and Andy has the inquisitive mind and the guts to listen.

While the Green House has it’s haunting, Could Andy’s mother be seeking her out in this lonely house too?

The author has well penned the ghost story loaded with mystery, suspense, and some effective twists and turns. There’s a thread of loss that runs throughout. The thrill factor makes it more engrossing.

I enjoyed the book . I am thankful to netgalley and the publisher for providing me this book in return of an honest review. I would certainly recommend this book to all horror book lovers.

Happy Reading!

Green House Haunting by Olivia York - 4/5

After a breakup between Andy Watts and her boyfriend she gets a new job and heads out to recollect her life. The new gig is about a woman wanting to get to the bottom of what truly happened to her brother decades before, never knowing if he is missing or murdered. When Andy starts this journalist job the house she comes across if haunted. This book has it all, mystery, it's spooky and still manages to surprise you with what is going to happen next.

Andy Watts has just broken up with her boyfriend. As a journalist she gets a new job to check out this old green house that is haunted. She just has to spend the night and write a story about it.
I didn't want to set the book down, it kept me waiting until the next page.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC and to the publisher Lilac Ink Books.

Green House Haunting starts out with Andrea/Andy going through a break up and having to find a new place to live. She looks at a newspaper hoping to find a freelance job. She finds one about a woman wanting to find out what really happened to her brother about a decade ago. If he went missing or if he was murdered.

Andy decides to take the job and gets on the bus to cottage river where she meets sheriff Hornsby. He takes her to the green house so she can start working. The next day she meets up with Lillian Mcvey at the local diner so she can ask her questions about her family and when was the last time she had seen them.

The whole book was so good and a little creepy. I read a lot at night which up’d the creep factor a lot. I really liked the book a lot. The ending was awesome and very surprising. I honestly didn’t see it coming.

Everyone needs to read this book. Preferably in the daytime because it’s creepy but in a good way where it keeps you guessing and on the edge of your seat.

The Green House Haunting by Olivia York

This book has the spooky vibes!  It was a perfect book to start off October for me.  This is a great combination of mystery and paranormal.  The twists and turns in this book kept my attention.  I love a good book that gives you chills, and this book accomplished that.  I loved that the author included so much of Andy’s back story.  Andy is a freelance writer, who is down on her luck, she was hired by Lillian to write a story about her brothers disappearance and the old family home.  Andy who is need of the cash and a place to stay, after a breakup from her boyfriend, agrees to take on the 2 day venture.  Once Andy gets to the house, strange things begin to happen.  I really enjoyed this book, and I couldn’t put it down.  There is going to be a second book, and I can’t wait!  This is a 5 star book! Check it out!

This slow paced mystery was difficult for me to engage, and I stopped after 30%. It may just not be my style of mystery as it felt over-written, and the plot and characters felt cliche. Perhaps this could suit somebody else who likes a more old-fashioned mystery.

Thank you Netgalley for the advanced readers copy.

Set in small town Cottage River in the early 1980’s Andy is hired by the Ill mannered Lillian to write an article about her mother’s death and the disappearance of her little brother, Linus. Andy is to write her story while staying alone in the isolated “Green House” where the mystery began. As Lillian suspected, the Green House has a story to tell and Andy has the inquisitive mind and the guts to listen.
While the Green House has it’s haunting, Andy is also haunted by the sudden loss of her mother when she was only six years old. Could Andy’s mother be seeking her out in this lonely house too?
Green House Haunting is a ghost story loaded with mystery, suspense, and some effective twists and turns. There’s a thread of loss that runs throughout. I enjoyed the book and will also think, of Lillian next time I encounter someone I think is rude and nasty….because one does not know the pain and burden that a person carries and how that changes their interactions with the world. Thank you #netgalley for this ARC of #GreenHouseHaunting.

*ARC provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. *

If you haven’t noticed by now but it has been a very long time that I have reviewed any books. I cannot decide what I want to read anymore but when I came upon this book on Netgalley, I requested it immediately. This book looked so interesting, and you know what. I was right! I love reading Ghost stories. Though they need to be spooky and there has to be a creep factor.

I loved reading this book. I think I read it within a week. Though with my busy schedule I find it so hard to read and review the books. This book had a perfect level of mystery, and I loved all the creep factors. Green House Haunting had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. I just wanted to know what would happen next by each paragraph.

Now this story is set in 1980 and it follows Andy, a freelance writer. Andy accepted a job to write a piece about an abandoned house on the request from Lillian. She had to stay at the house while writing the piece and Andy had to write what she thought happened to Lillian’s younger brother. Lillian’s younger brother has vanished when she was still a young child. Andy views this as a once in a lifetime opportunity but memories from her past start to overwhelm her. The darkness around the house isn’t helping the situation either.

Now if you haven’t noticed from this review already but I was hooked from the very first sentence. The only reason why I did not give this a five-star review WAS because I started to piece this story together in the middle of the book. As I love anything with mystery from to books to movies and TV series. I don’t like to piece things through in the middle of a story but at the end. Overall, I loved this book, and I will most certainly reread this book. I cannot wait for more books from this author.

Green House Haunting is the perfect level of mystery and eeriness that leaves you grasping the edge of your seat as you wait to see what happens next.

The story is set in the 1980s and follows Andy, a freelance writer who accepts a job from a woman named Lillian to stay in the abandoned house where her younger brother had vanished when she was a child. Andy views this as the opportunity of a lifetime but soon finds herself overwhelmed with the memories of her past and the darkness that surrounds the house.

I found myself hooked from the first chapter. The characters each brought something to the story and had edges to them that left me wanting more.

My only issue with the book (without mentioning any spoilers) is that halfway through I had started to piece together what had happened. I am a Nancy Drew when it comes to mysteries so it is of no fault of the authors though. Overall, I really enjoyed reading this book and I would love to revisit it in the future.

<i>Thank you to NetGallery and Lilac Ink Books LLC for providing me this arc!</i>
<i>I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.</i>

This was just okay for me. Kinda slow moving in the beginning out picked up about 30% through but it still was not my favorite thanks NetGalley for the ARC

3.25⭐️
This book wasn’t bad but it didn’t blow me away either, it felt middle of the road. At the beginning I was really unsure about the writing style but it became much better by the end. I feel like I didn’t connect with any of the characters but it may be because I prefer first person pov when it comes to horror. The who done it was predictable which did not help the book. However I’m intrigued to see where this series is going.

It took me a bit to get into the story, but once I did, I could not stop reading. Andy Watt wanted a story, and she got one heck of a doozy. I liked Andy with her doubts, her smarts, and even her past that held her in its grasp. The atmosphere of the house and all that happened kept me turning pages. A couple times I thought I had it figured out but was wrong. As Andy searched more, I got the answer along with her. I recommend this story and look forward to the next one in the series.

I received a copy of this story through Xpresso Tours, and this is my unsolicited review.

Equal parts mystery and ghost story with a little psychological thriller thrown in, this book will keep you on your toes from start to finish. Set in the 1980s, Green House Haunting follows Andy Watts, a struggling freelance journalist who is pretty down on her luck. When Andy accepts a job that requires her to stay in an all but abandoned house and investigate the disappearance of a young boy from within its walls years earlier, she hopes it could be her big break. However, the longer Andy stays in Green House, the stranger things get, forcing her to confront not only her own dark past, but that of the house itself.

This book never let up -- something exciting, spooky, or strange happened on every page, which made it hard to put down. While I thought some pieces of the story were a bit predicable (I tend to prefer the Agatha Christie-esq unsolvable mysteries), I still look forward to reading the next installment in the series.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from Lilac Ink Books, LLC and #NetGalley. Thank you for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

Mystery, thrills and chills that had me hoping for more.

The spooky atmosphere in this book is 10/10. We start the story with this older woman, who is in the kitchen and right away we can tell how spooked by the house she is. We get some extra spooky/creepy stuff with strange noises, and doors opening on their own. Enter Andy a freelance writer who has just accepted a new gig. A couple of days staying in a house while she writes about the mystery of the missing boy who used to live there.
Right away the house gives her the willies... It's musty, and drafty, and feels heavy and like someone is watching.
As she begins to write, and question the people of the town who knew Linus it's obvious that they are all hiding something, she gets sucked deeper and deeper into this mystery... she NEEDS to find the truth, and won't stop until it's revealed.

This book was creepy and spooky, perfect for the upcoming Halloween season. I loved that there was a mystery to be solved and that this was an actual ghost story. I also enjoyed the maybe possible romance that was introduced, and I can't wait to see where that could go.