This one started off as a nice and creepy haunted house/ghost story evolving into a murder mystery/thriller with some family trauma thrown in for good measure.
An enjoyable read, i was liking the spookiness of the beginning and slowly uncovering the family secrets. While it dragged a little for me in the third quarter, it did tie up all the ends into one nice bow at the end.

Loved this one. I typically love everything by this author and Through the Midnight Door didn’t disappoint.

I loved the characters. The dynamic between the three sisters was intriguing and realistic. Meg, the eldest sister, was particularly engaging. She struggles with survivors guilt and it’s totally destroyed her life. Esther and Meg have a complicated relationship but they have a tenuous bond over trying to figure out what happened to their youngest sister, Claire.

We have 3 POV’s; Meg, Esther and Claire. And 2 different timelines; the past and present.

The supernatural elements were extremely creepy. An abandoned house with seemingly personalized doors and keys for each sister. What happened behind each door is traumatic.

This is a book about loss, grief and familial trauma. The sisters and their parents have suffered great loss in the past and the present. Instead of grief they’ve chosen avoidance.

Great read! Will continue to look forward to Katrina Monroe’s books!

Slow burn and spooky vibes. I enjoyed the different viewpoints from the three sisters. The horror level was low for me but it’s hard for me to get scared. I would recommend.

Through the Midnight Door was a story that while horror was also very much a study in relationships and family dynamics. How people deal with trauma and the ramifications of unresolved feelings of guilt and anger. The horror was tinged with the fantastical and left me questioning if it actually existed at all. Excellent pacing and character development made for an enjoyable and immersive experience.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this title free of charge. I am leaving an honest review voluntarily.

This was a beautiful book about darkness in all of its hideous forms. I loved some of the characters and absolutely hated others, but found the narrative to be textured and compelling.

I want to call you a haunted house book, but it's a haunted house of a different color.

Meg, for whatever reason, was my favorite character. Take that as you like.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

I can really see what the author was trying to do here. There is a lot to be said for psychological horror that is as emotional as it is scary, but sadly I feel like the mark got a bit missed by this book. The past catches up with the protagonists more than you would expect, and the demons of the past show that they will always be with the people that they haunt.

I think that this one would have benefited from a little more editing and that there could have been a bit more of a focus on the suspense side of the story. I enjoyed it, but I thought that it could have been a little bit more pulled in on the horror elements. Haunted house stories are good, but they are certainly limited to a certain place - and I was hoping that it might have taken the horror a tiny bit further.

My first Katrina Monroe book and I'm sad to say I wasn't super impressed. I wasn't sure what to expect going into it but I think I was expecting to be more spooked and freaked out and I really wasn't. The door thing confused the you know what out of me and even after finishing I still don't fully understand it. I honestly hated the character Esther and I dreaded anytime I was reading a chapter from her POV. I understand that each sister was dealing with her own mental illness which I can appreciate but some of the things she said and her actions I couldn't stand. There really wasn't much thrilling to me at all and there were a few times I found myself skimming to get this book read faster. The big plot twist at the end, if you can even call it a plot twist, was not surprising at all, you could see it coming a mile away. I don't know if this author's writing style is really for me unfortunately.

Many thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for the review copy!

Thank you to Poisoned Pen and NetGalley for the ARC. This book was well written. Dark. Atmospheric. Although it is not my genre of choice, I did enjoy it for what it was.

I loved this book. Creepy, spooky and kept me interested. A good pace. Solid characters and a good length to get the story told and not feel rushed or anything left out. Highly recommend this

"Through the Midnight Door" is a poignant exploration of sisterhood, trauma, and the lingering specters of the past. The Finch sisters, once inseparable, are now fractured by grief and the weight of buried memories. When youngest sister Claire is found dead in the eerie house they once dared to explore, Meg and Esther are forced to confront the demons they've long tried to bury.

Author masterfully weaves a narrative that blurs the lines between reality and the supernatural, as Meg and Esther grapple with their sister's tragic death and the unsettling mysteries surrounding their family's history. As they delve deeper into the secrets of the old house, they uncover chilling connections between Claire's suicide, their own traumatic experiences, and a long-buried loss that has haunted them for years.

"Through the Midnight Door" is as emotionally resonant as it is haunting, delving into the complexities of grief, guilt, and the bonds that bind us together. With its atmospheric prose and gripping storyline, this novel is sure to captivate readers from beginning to end. Fans of psychological suspense and atmospheric horror will find much to love in this spellbinding tale of sisterhood and the darkness that lurks within.

This book is a great example about how sometimes your past catches up with you.

The Finch sisters, Esther, Meg, and Claire, decide to explore an abandoned house and are each presented a key to one of the numerous rooms. Each girl witnesses something horrific that they refuse to talk about. Years later, the youngest is found dead in the house. When the surviving sisters explore the house again, the ghost of Claire haunts them and informs them of things that have went on. As the sisters work through the house, they learn that things aren't always what they seem.

This book is quite spooky at times and downright eerie at others. Well-written characters and a unique plot. Pacing was slow at some parts but picked up in others.

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

This follows 3 sisters who experienced something bizarre while exploring an abandoned house, years later one of this sisters is found dead in that same house. This is told from all 3 sisters view points in both past and present timelines.

The premise of this story really sucked me in quick and the sisters were all very different and I loved getting a view of all 3 perspectives. A lot of the story involved tense family dynamics as well as mental heath issues and how they can affect your relationships which made the story feel grounded and relatable in contrast to the paranormal aspect. I enjoyed the spooky atmosphere and the slow burn reveal to mystery sourcing this family and all their secrets.

Not for me. 

The pacing felt a little too slow and I couldn’t come to care about the characters much, I think the author tried to do too much and in the end it all fell flat. The entire third act felt like it dragged on and the resolution wasn’t quite worth the read.

this book follows the three finch sisters, toggling between past and present day chapters. i appreciated the writing style and layout of these chapters as the timeline was easily identifiable. as young teenagers, they are enticed by a strange neighborhood boy named donny to enter this foreboding house, where they encounter a darkness that lingers within them until one sister is found dead in that same house years later. we are then taken on a journey with her surviving sisters to discover what lead to her death.

i can imagine that this book can be interpreted in many directions depending on what the reader is going through. the way that the darkness is described could be interpreted as mental health struggles, trauma reminders, and psychological challenges. this leaves the reader with distinguishing what these subtexts mean to you and how that shapes your views on the characters.

I think a POV from Donny could have been interesting to learn how he was somehow under the spell of this house. that could have added another layer to the story!

this book read very much like a movie and particularly made me think of monster house. did anyone else watch that growing up? there were so many scenes that played out in my head as if watching a movie. the strange hallucinations, particularly of their decaying, dead sister were quite visual and terrifying. if you like creepy crawly, spooky houses and enjoy the horror genre, i’m sure this book is for you! that’s not my particular speed, which is why this book fell a bit flat for me. i think i kept myself at arm’s length from getting fully immersed in the story for that reason - i’m a scaredy cat!

thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC!

This was a great psychological horror story. The story follows the lives of the Finch sisters and is told from each of the POV and goes from past to present. Their family suffers through something tragic in the past and it seems to have continued haunting them into their adulthood.

When their youngest sister, Claire, is found dead in the house that started it all, it forces Meg and Esther to confront their past.
The story had many haunting and chilling moments that I wasn't expecting and it scared me! There is also a sadness to the story because the sisters were once close but after their night at that house they were never the same again. It makes you wonder what could have been had they decided to talk about what happened that night. Could things have turned out differently?

I recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery, psychological thrillers and horror books. Thank you Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press. All opinions are my own.

I love books that are deeper than the obvious plot point. This is one of them on the face of it. This book is about three sisters, discovering a haunted house and a boy from a troubled background. Initially, when you start reading it, you think that this book is just going to be full of jump scares and a good time and you will be done with it when you reach the last page and close the book.

Don’t get me wrong this book has plenty of those and I am not kidding when I say I was looking over my shoulder in broad daylight while reading this.

However, somewhere around midpoint, you will start seeing that this book is about families that go through something dramatic and instead of dealing with it and talking about it they pretend it never happened. It is about how children deal with responsibilities and consequences that are placed on them before they’re old enough to deal with them.
This book has a beautiful study of what happens when parents stop parenting. This is also about how no matter what happens your siblings are who you can rely on.

You NetGalley and Poisoned pen press for sending me this advance reader copy I truly enjoyed it and highly recommend it.

The second I read this synopsis I knew I was going to like this book. I am a devout Mike Flanagan fan, and I swear this is just as brilliant as any of his works I have enjoyed. This was such a haunting and unsettling tale. I didn't think I would love these sisters so much, but I enjoyed all of their chapters. The pace was a little inconsistent at times, but otherwise I really enjoyed this book! It's perfect to read at night, or on a cloudy grey day.

After reading the description and some of the reviews of this book I was really excited to start it.
Unfortunately that excitement turned into I’m not sure if I can finish. But I kept reading and did finish.
I found it very slow and not thrilling at all. I enjoy a good horror but I didn’t find this enjoyable.
A story about 3 sisters who once very close drift apart but a house keeps them bonded
I have read so many great reviews so you just have to try it for yourself. Unfortunately it just wasn’t a novel for me.

Psychological thriller about three sisters that go through trauma and loss. The cover drew me in and I was not disappointed. I loved it from beginning to end.

Three sisters explore abandoned houses and buildings as children. They meet up with a boy who shows them an abandoned house and he dares them to go inside. They approach different doors within and keys are produced by the house for the girls to enter a room just for them. Events that happen afterwards haunt their futures. Buried family trauma and secrets cause the girls to have their own issues as adults. The youngest sister commits suicide and its up to the remaining two sisters to work together to find out why to give the family closure. The story is well written in my opinion, and gives a detailed account on how strained relationships take honesty and time to mend.