Thank you so much to Berkley and PRH Audio for my gifted copies of the book, All opinions are my own.

This book! OMG Love it. SO SO SO GOOD.

The story is about Margaret, who buys a very beautiful, old house with her husband. It's one they thought they lucked out on, because there is no way they can afford it. But now it is theirs. And Margaret won't leave. At any cost. Even when her husband disappears, and not even after experiencing September in that house.

Yup, the house is very haunted. It carries its own stories of mysterious deaths, disappearances, and even a murder. And every September, on the dot, all the ghosts appear.

Margaret finds a way to live in this house, and with the ghosts. But it causes a riff between her, and her husband. Not that the marriage was happy.

I just loved how little by little we get to understand Margaret and her need for this house. Why she won't leave. What her actual relationship is with her husband and daughter. And I loved the detailed stories of all of the characters living in that house. There's just so much strength behind Margaret and her pain. She is a survivor, and she will survive this house.

It has some dark humor, a theme of mental illness, lots of gore and abuse. But overall it was such an entertaining spiraling out of one person, and finally letting things go that she cannot control. The narrator was perfect. The tone and the voice for Margaret seemed perfectly matched.

Everything just worked for me in this story, even the end. I don't want to tell you how that went about, because it's a trope I kind of disliked, so I love how it ended.

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘:

•• Horror
•• Ghosts
•• Gore
•• Family Drama
•• Haunted House

𝗠𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦:

As my first horror novel I was definitely not disappointed. It was a very slow start and the pace didn’t really pick up until many chapters in but once I was immersed I couldn’t stop reading.

While reading this I got full on 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 - 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 vibes, it was 𝗙𝗔𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗦! I love horrors, call me weird I know but they intrigue me so much so for a haunted house novel I was in my element!

The eeriness of the story was perfect! The characters and the relationships regarding them was portrayed amazingly. My heart was definitely pounding at certain points and the plot twists and ‘𝗢𝗠𝗚!' moments were amazing.

There was a lot of dialogue, which isn’t my favourite thing in a novel but it didn’t deter my enjoyment and it definitely accomplishes the eerie feeling you get while reading as well as making you feel like you were actually there! I could picture every scene perfectly!

Overall a great first horror read! I can’t wait to read more of this genre!

"There are rules to these things. Everything is survivable."

Damn. This book was fun, and thought provoking and gory and just perfect in so many ways.

Margaret and Hal have been dreaming of their dream house for a long time. Both have never really felt settled and never lived anywhere for very long. When they happen upon the Victorian on Hawthorn Street they can't believe their luck. It's gorgeous and perfect. Or it would be, if it weren't for the bad vibes in the basement, and the ghosts, the birds that continuously crash into the windows and the entire month of September when the walls bleed and voices scream all night.

"I don't consider myself to be a squeamish person--I'm a mother, after all, and the walls of my bedroom bleed regularly--but everyone has their limits."

September has just begun and Margaret is getting ready to face another long month sleepless month when Hal disappears. Their daughter Katherine isn't satisfied with her mother's lackluster explanations of why Hal can never come to the phone, so she shows up at the house, despite all of Margaret's protests. So now Margaret needs to keep the truth about the house from Katherine, while also dealing with her extremely volatile daughter.

I freakin loved Margaret. There is no way in hell I could have survived that house but because she loves it so much, and because she prides herself on her flexibility, Margaret is determined to go with the flow. This book had so much heart and was so clever and funny that I just loved it to death.

This is a refreshing twist on a haunted house story. Margaret knows that her home is haunted but she refuses to leave her dream home because of a few ghosts. It's really not that bad....most of the time. September is the worst, the house is alive with ghosts (some bite) and blood drips from the walls. Over the years Margaret has learned to adapt to these inconveniences and even finds ways to cope with each new visitor. But her husband Hal has had enough. Hal decides to leave, begging Margaret to join him but she won't budge. This is her home! And then Hal goes missing, prompting their daughter to visit their house for the very first time...….and it's September.
I love a good haunted house story and this one didn't disappoint. Well paced with a fun cast of characters (living and dead), I was eagerly turning the pages to see what would happen next. This book has some spookiness, a little gore, and a mystery with a side of humor sprinkled in.... it's the perfect addition to your spooky season TBR. I enjoyed it from beginning to end!

Thank you to @netgalley @PRHaudio and @berkleypub for the gifted copy of this book.

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I just finished The September House, and it was a wild ride! I devoured the pages, was chilled by ghosts that haunted Margaret, then surprised by the twists in the last few chapters. If you don't like gory details, steer clear. However, the gore amped up the horrific scenes I read, while making me question Margaret's sanity for not only hardly batting an eye at the ghosts she encountered, but also managing to live somewhat companionably with them. Pick this up for a creepy and absorbing read!

"I'd always thought it was a silly question, why I wanted to stay in this house...It wasn't horrible every single day - so few things ever are - and when it wasn't horrible, it was almost lovely."

The story is about a haunted house, and so much more. Margaret and Hal live in their dream home, yet it soon becomes a nightmare. After living there for several months, strange things begin to happen: blood oozes from the walls, the couple is awoken each night by screams, and Margaret begins to see terrifying ghosts. Yet, she will not leave her house, and instead finds ways to deal with her house guests. Until, Hal goes missing...

Thank you to Berkley for the opportunity to read an ARC of The September House, and participate in the blog tour. This book is out today (September 5)!

O.M.G. If you are looking for an fun and fantastic spooky read for the season look no further. This is one of the best haunted house books I have ever read with all the trimmings and more. I couldn’t stop thinking about this book when I wasn’t reading it until I could pick it back up again. It literally dominated or should I say, haunted, my thoughts 24/7. Margaret buys her dream house, which turns out to be more of a nightmare, but she refuses to be kicked out by the sinister and not so sinister ghosts plaguing her halls. For some reason the month of September is the worst. She’s learned the rules and follows them to survive for her sanity and stubborn refusal to move out. However, suddenly her daughter decides to visit, looking for her father, of course in the month of September, and all hell breaks loose – literally. There are twists and turns, terrifying moments, slices of humor, and just so much damn fun. This book had early American Horror Story vibes with a mix of the weird horrifying humor from Grady Hendrix. It was such a fantastic blend of horror, haunted house, spooky, and comedy. This has GOT to be made into a series please!

4.5 stars! When Margaret and her husband Hal finally can afford the house of their dreams—an old, but beautiful Victorian mansion—the couple is determined the make this house their home. With their daughter Katherine in college, the couple believes this home can be a new start. But the couple realizes that the house is actually haunted, Margaret and Hal try to make the best out of it, however, they quickly realize that the reasonably annoying hauntings grow very aggressively in September and after four years, Hal is done living in these conditions. After Hal decides to leave the home, his daughter begins to suspect foul play and decides to investigate. As Margaret and Katherine search for Hal, Margaret also has to keep her home at bay because Hal mysteriously disappears during the scariest month of the year—SEPTEMBER.

*Special thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for this e-arc.*

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⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

• contemporary horror/ghost thriller
• interesting characters
• elements of family drama & dark humor

Okay y'all, I was downright SCARED while reading this. So many chills and thrills! I really loved the creepy haunted house setting. At times, some of the phrasing felt repetitive but overall I loved all of the reveals. It definitely stands out as a different read for me this year. This is the *perfect* book to add to your Spooky Szn TBR!

🗣️ Thank you to @netgalley and Berkley for the opportunity to read and review this book via gifted eARC! All opinions are honest and my own.

Are you looking for the perfect book to add to your September TBR? Look no further!

This one is in my top 10 for the year, I really ended up loving it.

Margaret and Hal finally purchase their first home after their daughter is grown and moved away. It’s a beautiful Victorian home, and Margaret is immediately in love despite the fact that the home is known to have a murderous past.

Nevertheless they’ve moved in, but the first September in the home, the walls are bleeding, birds are flying into the windows, ghosts are showing up and moaning at night and there’s something malicious in the basement. Margaret goes about her days cleaning up the blood and birds, making friends with one of the ghosts and learning the history of the others and is pretty much unbothered. After September is over, the house goes back to peace for the most part. Hal can’t take it and as the years go by, he decides he’s done and begs her to come with him but Margaret will not leave her home.

When her daughter shows up in September after Hal leaves and is unreachable, Margaret is panicking trying to find a way to keep her daughter from experiencing any of the home’s hauntings. Her daughter is concerned that something has happened to her father but even more concerned that her mother is suffering a mental breakdown and needs hospitalized. I even started to wonder if our MC was just imagining things, but man that ending left me spinning. I’m still thinking about it weeks later. This was one of those books that I enjoyed so much and it could have gone on and on forever and I would have been ok with that. I will definitely be revisiting this a few Septembers from now.

Many thanks to Berkley Pub for my eARC. The September House is available today, do yourself a favor and pick it up!

If it's got a spooky house on the cover, it's a book I'm going to pick up! The September House is Carissa Orlando's debut novel - and the there is indeed a spooky house involved.

"Maybe if the two of us had paid more attention to any of the horror movies we'd seen over the years we would have been aware..."

Margaret loves her beautiful old home, as did her husband Hal. But after three years of ......... Hal has left, and Margaret is left alone in the house with ....... The September House is one of those books where it's better to go in cold and be surprised with Orlando's take on haunted houses. I was caught off guard in the beginning, but started coming to terms with what I thought was going on. But dropped hints, references and details changed the direction I had thought that the plot would take. Nicely done! There's lots of action in The September House and the last few chapters are nail biters.

Margaret is an interesting protagonist - how much of her narrative is the truth? Or is it all in her head? Her daughter is well drawn as well, but she's the other side of the coin. She was obnoxious, pushy and rude. But she plays her part of the tale well.

A fresh take on a haunted house tale. Bravo Carissa Orlando!

The nitty-gritty: Beware the month of September, when the ghosts come out and the walls bleed, in this outstandingly creepy and heartfelt story about coping with all of life's challenges.

The September House is one of the most surprising books I’ve read in quite a while, and even more impressive, it’s a debut novel. Carissa Orlando deftly wrangles several different subgenres and tropes into a spectacular haunted house story with heart. It starts out as a paranormal ghost story, then morphs into a domestic thriller, and finally combines the two in ways I wasn’t expecting. Not only are there some terrifying ghosts in this story, but Orlando somehow manages to add humor and lots of emotional moments as well, all of which work perfectly together. There are shades of The Exorcist here, and for some reason it reminded me at times of The Last House on Needless Street, so if you enjoyed that book, you’ll probably love this as well.

Margaret and Hal bought their dream house four years ago, a beautiful Victorian that was listed for an impossibly low price. At first they were blissfully happy, but then September rolled around and everything changed. It started with small things. Margaret noticed a smear of blood on the bedroom wall upstairs, but Hal brushed it off as a rusty water leak. At night they could hear a strange moaning sound, but Hal said it was just the wind. As September wore on, though, the blood smear became bleeding walls and the moaning turned into screaming. And then the ghosts appeared. Some of them were harmless, and even helpful, like Fredricka, a maid who cooks and makes tea for Margaret. But others turn out to be dangerous, like Elias, a ten year old boy with razor-sharp teeth who bites if you get too close (and Margaret has the scars to prove it). 

For the past four years, Margaret has learned how to cope with her haunted house and live with the ghosts. She’s discovered that there are rules for every situation, and as long as everyone plays by those rules—even the ghosts, who seem to be at their worst in September, but settle down the rest of the year—coexisting shouldn’t be a problem. This is her dream house, after all, and no one—nothing—can make her leave.

Hal, though, has had enough. When the story begins, Hal has gone missing, although we suspect that Margaret knows exactly what happened to him. When her grown daughter Katherine calls one day, worried that her father hasn’t been answering his phone, Margaret does everything she can to assure her that Hal is fine. But Katherine insists on coming to visit, hoping to find clues as to her father’s whereabouts. Now Margaret must figure out a way to hide the grim truth about the house from her daughter, who has never visited and has no idea the house is haunted. But it’s the middle of September, and the house is up to its old tricks. And Katherine won’t rest until she uncovers the truth.

I loved the way Orlando sets up and tells her story. Instead of starting at the beginning, we meet Margaret after she’s lived in the house for four years, and little by little we learn about what’s going on in the house, what happened to Hal, and why Margaret is so good at coping with difficult situations. Margaret’s nonchalant delivery about her interactions with the hauntings was such an unusual approach, and it’s one reason this story worked so well for me:

“The walls of the house were bleeding again. This sort of thing could be expected; it was, after all, September.”

The story is told through Margaret’s point of view, and through her eyes we meet the otherworldly inhabitants of the house. I loved Fredricka, a harmless, lovable ghost who seems to dote on Margaret and is constantly making her tea. She does have that nasty gash on her head that’s hard to look at (the cause of her death), but she understands Margaret in ways that no one else does. Most of the ghosts wouldn’t harm a fly, although they are scary at first (like Blythe, a woman who was burned to death in the fireplace). Then there are the “pranksters,” the children who hang around the basement door and utter the cryptic phrase “he’s down there” over and over. Margaret knows exactly “who” is down there, which is one reason the basement door is boarded up and no one ever opens it. The author drops lots of hints about Master Vale, the ghost in the basement, but it isn’t until much later that we come to understand just how evil he is.

When Katherine enters the picture, the story changes to a mystery, as Katherine takes on the task of trying to find out what happened to Hal. Katherine doesn’t have a very good relationship with her mother, and at first their interactions are very tense and a little upsetting. Katherine is simply awful to Margaret, and I really disliked her in the beginning. Later we find out there are good reasons for her anger, and it was heartbreaking. Despite the ghosts, the moaning at night, and the bleeding walls, Katherine doesn’t seem to notice any of it, and the reader wonders what the heck is going on. It’s at this point that the story becomes more of a twisty, psychological thriller. Is the house really haunted, or is there something wrong with Margaret? Why is Margaret’s neighbor Edie the only one besides Margaret who sees the ghosts? As Katherine doggedly follows the clues her father left behind, the truth turns out to be stranger than anyone could imagine.

Orlando’s story also deals with horrors of the human variety, namely domestic abuse and alcoholism. I don’t want to give too much away, but I will mention that Margaret’s ability to cope with the ghosts in her house comes from years of learning to cope with an abusive husband. I absolutely loved the parallel the author makes between the two, and Margaret’s insistence that you can learn to live with anything, as long as you follow the rules. Margaret has had her share of heartbreak, but she’s grown stronger because of it, and even though I didn’t agree with all her choices, I ended up respecting the hell out of her.

The final confrontation with the thing in the basement was both scary and gross—you might need a strong stomach for some of it—and a few final twists at the end surprised me in a good way. After all the pain and terror earlier in the story, I was delighted by the feel-good ending. And yes, I even started to like Katherine by the end of the story. If you read one spooky story this season, I hope you’ll consider The September House. This is a debut I won’t soon forget, and I can’t wait to see what Carissa Orlando does next.

Big thanks to the publisher for providing a review copy.

First, thank you to the publisher (Berkley) and Netgalley for access to the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

The September House is unlike any book I’ve ever read. It was pitched as a horror book, which it definitely was, but it was also laced with very dark humor throughout the book, particularly in the first half. I laughed out loud quite a few times despite the grisly subject. As we went through the book and more was revealed, the content took a turn towards the horror and I have to say it’s probably not for the weak stomachs out there. Horror isn’t my all-time favorite, but if I can read it during the daytime where ghosts will absolutely NOT get me (ha) then I can push through if the plot is worth it and it’s not just horror/creepy/disgusting for the sake of shock factor alone. And I believe this plot was worth it! I’m so happy I pushed outside of my comfort zone and read this one (but I’m also grateful I had the forethought to read it during the daytime).

Let’s break this down a bit for why I would recommend this book:

The WRITING: I truly enjoyed it! Like I said, the author threw in a lot of dark humor that really worked. Margaret’s (the main character) indifference and even slight inconvenience narration regarding the “pranksters” and her “oh bother” attitude when Fredricka would walk into a room with half her head split open and just let her go about making toast and rearranging furniture was pretty comical. For someone to get to the point of “well this is the norm” and just narrate it as casual as can be was amusing and definitely helped the “I don’t read a lot of horror” crowd because it approached it from a humorous/matter of fact angle as opposed to scared witless. I was pulled in by Margaret’s attitude and stayed despite her character being annoying. Margaret’s willingness to put up with A LOT of BS was incredibly frustrating and she made so many choices that I personally would not make, however, I’m here to give opinions on the overall book and overall, it was the only way the book made sense and had a plot. So please don’t read into my calling the MC annoying and frustrating as me not liking it or understanding why the author had her make the choices she did. It all made sense when more was revealed about Margaret’s background with Hal and how she went through life.

The PLOT: This is probably where I faltered a little bit. The beginning hooked me in 100% - a house that comes alive every September with gruesome ghosts/spirits that want to harm you and you’re like nope, I’m standing my ground because I’m the live one here and you just have to haunt over my indifference was funny and unique. I needed to know more because I needed to know why Margaret was sinking her heels in so hard and finally deciding to stand her own ground for this house. Why now? Why put up with this when you can literally live anywhere else in peace? Or is this real in the first place? Where did Hal go? What will Katherine see? There were so many questions and possibilities established early on but it took a long time to get there. There was a lot of inner monologuing on Margaret’s part and since she was kind of an annoying character with her unreasonable decisions and increasingly unreliable nature, the inner monologues felt really drawn out and repetitive by the halfway mark, especially since nothing out of the established ordinary happened. Towards the 60-70% point, it kind of felt like we were spinning wheels. I still wanted to know what was going to happen and we were obviously leading towards a big basement scene with Master Vale, but it went around in circles to draw it out a bit before getting there. The finale really ramped up from 0-100 and I couldn’t put it down from about 85% on. I could absolutely see this as a huge movie scene, almost like something from the end of The Cabin in the Woods. Still horror, but a little comedy/spoof with just extreme violence.

Overall, my rating is a 3.5/5 because while it hooked me in the beginning, it got repetitive and easy to put down in the middle before ramping back up and giving a huge conclusion. I also felt that with the amount of exposition we got with the inner monologues, it became predictable. I like to make notes and predictions while reading when I update my status on Goodreads so I can come back to them after I finish the book to see if I was right and I had two reveals listed before I hit the 50% point. They were still fun reveals and clearly made sense for what the author was setting up, but not shocking. I enjoyed that it ended with a little open-ended spirit. I could’ve used an epilogue of maybe next September just to see how Margaret was doing and how the pranksters might have changed throughout the year, but the book didn’t absolutely need it even if I wanted it.

Again, thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the digital ARC! I will recommend this as a fun horror book for your spooky season shelf!

In "The September House," by Carissa Orlando, Margaret and Hal Hartman buy a Victorian home and look forward to spending years together as empty-nesters. Their happiness turns to despair when Hal and Margaret realize that their dwelling is haunted. Ghosts inhabit their home, and these creatures are particularly active in September. When Hal cannot take it anymore, he tells his wife that he is fleeing this hellish abode, but Margaret decides that if she follows certain rules, she can endure the mayhem. However, she is perturbed when her twenty-nine-year-old daughter, Katherine, who knows nothing about these apparitions, announces that she is coming to visit.

Readers may wonder: Is Margaret (who is a remarkably composed narrator considering what she has gone through) imagining the bleeding walls; the suicidal birds that crash into the side of the house; and the disfigured "pranksters" who bite, ooze, moan, and scream? Or is her home really possessed by disfigured and angry phantoms?

It is unclear whether this supernatural theme is a metaphor for the emotional pain of victims of abuse, a straightforward horror story, or both. Readers may find it difficult to understand Margaret's acceptance of her bizarre situation. There is no question that Katherine's appearance on the scene adds to the confusion. The macabre humor that permeates this tale is, by turns, chilling and darkly amusing. Ultimately, the book's resolution answers some the questions raised earlier, but it does so in a particularly gruesome manner.

Short synopsis: Margaret and Hal purchase their dream home after a lifetime of no solid roots. But strange things start to happen every year when September rolls around. The walls start to bleed….

My thoughts: Are you ready to get in the spooky season mood yet? If so i have the perfect book recommendation for you! The first line on chapter one drew me in and this book kept be reeling from there. Officially the best first line I’ve read in a horror book to date.

“The walls of the house were bleeding again. This sort of thing could be expected; it was, after all, September.”

This book was the right amount of creepy and gory with some really huge laugh out loud moments throughout. It was totally believable and the best Haunted House horror I’ve read before! I cannot wait to see what this author comes up with next!

Read if you love:
- Horror stories
- Haunted houses
- Prankster Ghosts
- Missing persons
- Tea and fried chicken
- Rules

“The September House” by Carissa Orlando is darkly disturbing. Part of what makes it so disturbing is how effortlessly she tackles the concepts of abuse and the cycles within. She sets up your expectations clearly from the very beginning with the ghosts being introduced early on. But the relationships are the key to the story here, the underpinnings of abuse and alcoholism are sprinkled throughout the novel and creep in under your skin.

As the story unweaves and the reader learns more about the house and learns more from Margaret, we realize just how much Margaret is hiding. Her point of view is so in line with what abuse victims say and do to forgive the toxicity around them and their abusers. But it is the revelations and the possibilities that are so fascinating as Margaret’s and the house's secrets slowly unravel. 

If you love ghost stories, this is one of the best that I’ve seen. The ending is empowered and speaks to the cycles of abuse both generationally but also with individuals. The revelations are deeply impactful and the characters just wiggle under your skin making you understand the darkness that haunts them. This is truly a darkly disturbing story but also a deeply powerful tale.

Thanks to Berkley for the copy of this book.

This is the PERFECT haunted house horror book for Fall. It’s not for the faint of heart, and you can see that things are going to keep going south as the book goes on… so buckle up! I loved how this was written to make the reader question some truths, but I won’t say more than that. Highly recommend for spooky season!

This is absolutely the perfect book to read in September, not only does the book take place throughout September, but it's also an incredible haunted house story to kick-start your spooky season reads. I couldn't put it down and I loved every minute of it. From the dark humor to the sarcastic tone to the creepy vibes and deep layers. It's definitely one of the more unique haunted house stories I've ever read. Orlando's debut is highly entertaining and combines supernatural horror with mystery and domestic suspense expertly. I am incredibly excited to read whatever Orlando comes up with next and can't wait to get my hands on a copy to read this all over again.
Thank you so much to Berkley Publishing for the ARC of this one.

This book is perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix.

It’s about a haunted house but I didn’t find it scary at all. There was an element of dark humor which is what I loved about it the most! The walls bleed, there’s a housemaid whose head is split open by an axe who is always offering tea, a little ghost boy who bites and has fangs, and many more ghouls who live in the house. There is some gore, a complex mother/daughter relationship and some tough topics like alcoholism and domestic abuse. This is a debut book and the author did an excellent job writing a unique and creative story! It’s the perfect read to kickoff spooky season.

This was the most twisty book I have read in a long time!

I absolutely loved how the author kept you guessing all the way through.

Margaret lives in a haunted house. Every September she deals with bleeding walls, ghosts wandering the halls, and screaming and whaling all through the night. She deals with these things all year long, but September is the worst. She has learned how to deal with it by following the rules she has created. Her husband, Hal, on the other hand, can't cope.

The book drops you right in the middle of acceptance of living in a haunted house. At first, I wasn't sure where it was going.

When Hal goes missing, and Margaret has done nothing to look for him, their daughter Katherine launches a search. The only problem is that Katherine doesn't know about the house, and Margaret doesn't want her to find out. Katherine decides to stay with Margaret during the worst possible month, September. As the story unfolds, you start to learn more about the dynamics of the family and start wondering if this is all in Margaret's head.

About midway through the book, I thought I had it all figured out, and then it took another wild twist.

Overall, I found the writing style to be very good. It slowed down at some parts, and was a little repetitive, but it kept me turning pages.

I will say that the book is quite gory. The ghosts that haunt the house are all children with various gory injuries that are all heavily described. The last couple of chapters of the book are wildly gory, so if that is something that bothers you, I would stay away from this one. But I would highly recommend it to all of my horror fans.

Thank you so much to Berkley Publishing for my #gifted eARC in exchange for an honest review and for having me along on the blog tour!🤗 HAPPY PUB WEEK TO YOU Carissa Orlando!🎉

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
What an amazing debut from Orlando!🙌🏻 A family who has finally found their dream home-a beautiful, but creepy older house that turns out to be haunted👻😱 however, the family decides to stay as this is their home, and they refuse to let the hauntings deter them away. Slowly, the hauntings become more intense in SEPTEMBER, and after years of putting up with it, one of the family members decides to leave, but did he leave willingly, or was something more sinister and dark at play?
What a perfect spooky season read-this one blew me away! I read this one over the course of two days as I was hooked and unable to put it down. I loved the perfect blend of horror, supernatural elements, mystery, and psychological thriller that Orlando threw at us. I did not want this book to end-it was THAT GOOD! This will surely be one of my top favorites of the year. Creepy, dark, sinister, terrifying, gripping, bone chilling, suspenseful, and spooky-just my kind of book! This book was an entertaining and quick read-so make sure to have some popcorn with you…and its probably best not to be alone while reading this one, and to make sure you have the house lights on😉


𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞?
This book gave me vibes of the Insidious movies, and The Exorcist-so if you are a fan of those movies, or enjoy creepy reads-you definitely need to read this one! Just beware-it is September after all😱 so go at it with caution.

𝐌𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5/5