This was a good book. I thought there were good twists in this book. the one thing I did not like were the long chapters. I felt like it took forever to make progress.

I unfortunately can't finish this book. I'm rating it two stars because the premise is really good. I like the idea of some spooky house that cause twisted things to happen. However I recommend the chapters being shorter. Due to them being as long as they are, it just couldn't hold my attention. I feel some of it that I did read dragged, some things have been repeated like I understand Meg clearly is not doing well in the responsible adult sense, it doesn't need to be dragged out as much as it is. Esther seems to be falling apart but is so hard on Meg when she doesn't have her shit together either. That being said, I think I'd read more of this author in the future, I just wish the chapters were way shorter, otherwise it feels like it drags.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Through the Midnight Door pulled me in right away. Three sisters (Meg, Esther, Claire) get dared to go into an old abandoned house as kids, and they each have their own horrific experience there. It never leaves any of them, but especially Claire, who never moved away and had contact with the boy who had dared them to go in as children.

Nothing was ever the same after that, and all 3 sisters grew up with their own darkness inside of them. When Claire is found dead hanging in the house, Meg and Esther have to drag out old family secrets that bring everything to a head.

Well written and a sad and harrowing read - I cannot imagine the guilt these girls lived with, so it's no wonder the issues they all have as grown women. Eventually a tale of forgiveness, this mixes real relationships into a haunted house story that had me reading mostly during the day.

Recommended

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I gave this a 3.5/5 stars! It was spooky, the writing was great, and I liked the characters. The ending felt a little rushed, but overall, this was a great story.

Through the Midnight Door is a wonderfully written read that heavily explores trauma, how it stays with you and how it shapes you as a person. Told in multiple POVs and timelines made it easier to understand the events that led up to Claire's fate and why the relationship between the family was how it was. There aren't many twists but the story itself its heartbreaking, filled with tension, mystery and some very frightening moments.
In my opinion there are some things left to the readers interpretation but regardless, it's the type of story that stays with you long after you finished.
Thank you to #Netgalley and #PoisonedPenPress for the opportunity to read this ARC, opinion is my own.

I may be an outlier here but I thought this book was just ok. I know many readers will absolutely love this one and I do understand why, but it just wasn't really for me. I do think it is well written and who doesn't love a creepy old house? It is emotional and mysterious and I think readers will connect with it for sure, I just think it was a bit outside of my genre preferences.

Thank you NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press and Katrina Monroe for a copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Through the Miidnight Door was a wonderful read. I was taken by the Finch sisters from the start and holding my breath for answers. Great read!

Pleasantly surprised by this one. I have to give it up for the writing because it locked me in very quickly, it captured and kept me engaged all throughout. I think that is important because there weren’t a lot of twists or unexpected things that happened, so it truly was the writing and story that kept me wanting more and I can appreciate that. I really liked the story of this, three sisters and their connection to a mysterious house and a stranger. I also liked how we got multiple timelines in this because it made me understand the family and their dynamics. It was interesting to read how distant the sisters were, but by the end they have a better relationship because of this horror that they had to experience. I really liked it and definitely recommend. It’s not shockingly scary, but it keeps you questioning.

Review: What a creepy book! I had to put it down several times so that I wouldn’t have too many nightmares lol! I really enjoyed the book though. I loved the multiple POVs and also the multiple timelines. I liked that Monroe only gave you glimpses of what happened and revealed everything slowly. But not too slowly so that you were bored. The whole book captured my attention so that I wanted to know what would happen next! Thank you to @poisonedpenpress and @netgalley for my early copy! You can get yours on 8/13!!

Haunting, atmospheric and breathtaking. I could not wrap my head and heart around some of the passages because they were all encompassing. As a reader I could see, hear and feel what she wrote. From the love inside of a family, between the sisters and on to the secrets that each person held trying to protect the others. Simply amazing.
“ The foyer reminded her of an open mouth, the molding along the entrance archway like sharp teeth.”
‘…damp and heavy. It smelled like lonely places.’
‘…velvety touch move from her neck to her ears, to her nose. It climbed inside and slithered down her throat.’
“The shadow creature was despair. It was heartache and regret and anger and jealousy. It was fear. It was guilt.’
The best part was that while I know that sisters are real, and family is real and all of the things that were concrete are real, as a reader I could float right into the darkness and believe everything I read.

This is my third Katrina Monroe read and I just love the writing style. I know going in that I will be getting hugely atmospheric settings and characters with incredibly complicated dynamics.

Sisters Meg, Esther, and Claire discovered an abandoned house as kids, one filled with endless doors, with three keys awaiting them. Inside the door they chose they encountered unspeakable horrors that they have long since tried to leave in the past.

Now, Meg and Esther are rattled beyond compare when they find their baby sister dead inside that old abandoned house. The two remaining sisters have tried to put their haunted past behind themselves, but Claire's suicide and final message pulls them right back into their terrifying history with the house.

Through past and present timelines, we learn - in pieces, what happened to each of them inside the house and the connections to Claire's death.

This was creepy and pulled me in from chapter one. I love books that focus on family bonds, especially when a specific event repels them only to bring them closer again. The things these two remaining sisters must come to terms with, the ways in which they find themselves in danger was so compelling.

One sister commits suicide, and the remaining two sisters confront haunting memories of the past. This book was genuinely creepy! It has dual timelines, which work very well, and the character-driven plot along with the mystery of what happened (and what is going to happen) keep the pages turning. I loved this book and will be recommending it close to release day. This is my first book by this author and I plan to read her other work. Thanks so much for the opportunity to read!

(I received this book from the editor and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review)

This is my third book by author Katrina Monroe and the three of them have been breathtaking, so I can now confidently say that she is one of my favourite authors. Her atmospheric writing style makes it really easy to believe the reality in which the characters are living in, the fear, grief, every single emotion they are feeling.
In the case of Through the Midnight Door, the reader just becomes one of the sisters, chased by a shadow from the past that lurks in their very present and shapes it until it becomes an unbearable, heavy fog. Alternating past and present, and changing from one sister to the other, the story develops almost like a dark fairy tale.
There are some twists and turns, of course, but this is a character-driven novel, and it is in the characters themselves, in their words and reactions, where the author really shines: Claire, Meg and Esther are unique and their bond is strong at its root, even if time has made its dent. Their mother, although in the background, silently speaks of generational trauma, of injuries that do not heal. The house sees everything and just waits.
But remember: If the key is in your pocket, or lays on the floor, you can’t get rid of the Midnight Door

I entered this book not knowing really what to expect but, it definitely exceeded my expectations greatly. This book was a tense read, always keeping me on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what will happen next. At some parts it felt as if the details were a little excessive but, I believe all the information at the end was needed to truly appreciate how the book finished. I loved this book and I am excited for it to come out so I can share it with my friends!

Through the Midnight Door is a chilling and emotional tale that delves into the complex bonds between sisters and the generational trauma that can tear families apart. When Claire, the youngest of the Finch sisters, is found dead by suicide in a decaying abandoned house, eldest sisters Meg and Esther are forced to confront the horrific shared memories and unspeakable experiences they had within its walls as children one fateful summer.

Though warned away from the house with its endless hallway of doors and three waiting keys, the sisters’ youthful curiosity got the better of them. Each walked through a door alone and encountered horrors so traumatic that they remained unspoken between them for years after. Now adults, Meg and Esther find their already strained relationship further tested in the wake of Claire’s death as they revisit the house and its dark connection to a long-buried family tragedy no one has acknowledged.

As past and present interweave, author Katrina Monroe slowly pulls back the veil on the decades-old darkness haunting the Finch family.

The mystery around Claire’s suicide drives the plot, but the novel’s strength lies in its complex character development and emotional depth. Through flashbacks, we see the once-close sisters’ relationship fray through adolescence as Claire’s mounting mental illness strains family bonds. Yet in grief, Meg and Esther reconnect, their tender but volatile dynamic injected with realism.

Supporting characters like the Finches’ parents add perspective on the generational impacts of buried secrets. And throughout, Monroe’s atmospheric prose layered with gothic dread heightens the tension. The supernatural elements around the house and its doors remain thrillingly ambiguous, leaving some mystery as to whether its horror is grounded in reality or the realm of ghosts.

And then there were two, sisters that is. Meg’s youngest sister, Claire calls her for help, but she does not get there in time. When she tells their other sister Esther that Claire is dead, they have been estranged for so long that they cannot even grieve together. But that will change when Esther finds out where Meg found Claire. When they were children, they went into a house of endless doors, and each of them had a terrifying experience. That house, the house of nightmares, is where Claire died, and it will soon pull the remaining sisters back into the past.
Told by Esther, Meg, and Claire, we learn what each of them experienced, and how what happened in the house has haunted them. Talk about a creepy story, where I never knew what the next chapter would bring! When everything came together, I was still questioning what was real, and what was illusion. A story that kept me flipping pages and one where you could feel dread on every page.

I generally don't read creepy books about haunted houses where murders have occurred, but I was yanked THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT DOOR into the lives of three sisters and the horrors they experience in an abandoned house. When one is later found dead there, the story becomes so intense that I could barely keep reading. But I couldn't stop, entranced as people are when they pass gory accidents. Wow!!

This is my third Katrina Monroe read and I just love the writing style. I know going in that I will be getting hugely atmospheric settings and characters with incredibly complicated dynamics.

Sisters Meg, Esther, and Claire discovered an abandoned house as kids, one filled with endless doors, with three keys awaiting them. Inside the door they chose they encountered unspeakable horrors that they have long since tried to leave in the past.

Now, Meg and Esther are rattled beyond compare when they find their baby sister dead inside that old abandoned house. The two remaining sisters have tried to put their haunted past behind themselves, but Claire's suicide and final message pulls them right back into their terrifying history with the house.

Through past and present timelines, we learn - in pieces, what happened to each of them inside the house and the connections to Claire's death.

This was creepy and pulled me in from chapter one. I love books that focus on family bonds, especially when a specific event repels them only to bring them closer again. The things these two remaining sisters must come to terms with, the ways in which they find themselves in danger was so compelling.

Katrina Monroe gets better and better with each new book and I cannot wait to see what is next!

I really enjoyed this story. It did remind me a lot of "Haunting of Hill House", but it was different enough to make it interesting. I also felt as though the characters were well developed.