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.

I was craving a psychological horror read and this served it right up. For starters, this cover is perfection…the book was such a great read! This is going to grab you straight away from page one all the way to the last page taking you through different timelines, multiple POV and all the haunted house vibes you could want. I have been OBSESSED with reading haunted house reads so this was perfect! I’m not going to give away the goods within this book but this is a must read if you love a good haunted house read that oozes Hill House vibes!

Thank you @netgalley and @poisonedpenpress for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

In the interest of being super real with you? I think I didn't get it. Like, so there's horror, for sure, but it's about, well, mostly about shared trauma and there seems to be a metaphor involved that genuinely, if it's there, went all the way over my head.

Through the Midnight Door is a creepy thriller focused on three sisters and their experiences with a "haunted house." For me, the book was a little too much of a slow burn for the first half or so of the book, although I thought the author did a good job in developing the main characters. But with so many questions left open for most of the book - I often found myself asking, What is going on?! - I was impatient to get to the twist, to the reveal. As the truth was revealed, however, the book picked up speed, and I certainly did not expect the twists or the ending.

For fans of haunted house stories, stories about sisterhood or (troubled) families, or slow burn thrillers, this book is for you.

I really loved the sound of this but unfortunately it wasn't for me.

I think it was a little too slow paced to keep me interested and every time I picked it up I forgot what had already happened.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy.

I'm always down for a creepy haunted house thriller and this one did not disappoint. I was trying to figure out what kind of darkness these sisters were encountering through the entire book since there were many options for what it could be and the way it played out was great. The book shows how emotional trauma impacts a family and strengthens or loosens the bonds between the family members. It was split into the perspectives of the 3 sisters so it was like a puzzle that was slowly putting all the pieces together. If you are into haunted house vibes with a bit of mystery then this would be a good book for you!

This was so much more than I expected. It was horrifying and beautiful and so sad! Three sisters are roaming their city (as we did in those days) when a boy says he has something to show them in an old abandoned house. The next thing you know they are upstairs holding their own special keys in a creepy hallways that keeps changing. They each unlock a door and experience something in those rooms.
One sister essentially goes mad and then the other does. It is a lot. I felt this in my soul.
Thank you for the nightmares.

Through The Midnight Door is a very dark and spooky psychological thriller/ horror with the classic haunted house concept, but with a creative twist. It is very dark and twisted, with several spine-chilling moments throughout the book.
One day, the Finch sisters meet a local boy who convinces them to check out an abandoned home with him. When they enter the home, they are met with an endless number of doors. Mysteriously, a key appears to each sister and being filled with curiosity, they enter their chosen rooms and into something unspeakable. Each sister witnesses something horrifying and haunting in their room, something so terrible, they dare not speak of it ever again.
Years later, the youngest Finch sister, Claire, is found dead in the abandoned home. It appears she has taken her own life, however Meg and Esther know there is more to the story. This is confirmed when they are suddenly haunted by the ghost of their sister. Claire shares things with her sisters, while haunting and tormenting them. However, Meg and Esther know it's not their sister- it is the shadow creature that they first saw in the house years ago, trying to drag them into the darkness..
This book is frightening, eerie, disturbing, terrifying.. everything a horror should be! Although it did not seem evenly paced throughout, with some parts being slower than the rest, when it did pick up, it was jarring to say the least! There were moments where I got literal goosebumps and had to put my phone down for a bit, just to regroup and continue on. This is what makes a great horror for me! 4 stars!
Thank you NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press, and Katrina Monroe for this ARC!

Through the Midnight Door immedietely gave me The Haunting of Hill House vibes and fans of the show are going to eat this story up. Although the characters aren't as lovable as the show there's the same dynamic of family, guilt and finding the truth in the past and the present. This was certainly a gothic read with dark themes and graphic settings of a weird old house with doors that showed nightmares. I flew through this one as there was so much going on in the past and the present and there were so many secrets among the pages I just had to reveal. This book addresses the topic of mental health issues, family estrangement and guilt which were heartbreaking to read at times. I liked how the author took the Haunting of Hill vibes and turned it into her own story. I did wish there was more to do with the house and the unamed supernaturalness surrounding what haunted the family, as well as more into why one of the characters did what they did that affected the family so much but ultimately this was a fast paced and intriguing read. Some of the imagery was haunting in and of itself and will leave the reader feeling as though they can see what the characters are seeing when they see their different versions of their nightmares. I think readers are really going to enjoy this one!

This novel really affected me. All of us have some degree of “darkness” in us. This book was an exploration of what happens when we try to bury this darkness and hide it and not bring it out into the light. It also brought themes of sibling relationships and how those dynamics change as you grow up.

Generational trauma and sibling rivalry? What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Everything went wrong. I love stories where siblings at odd have to come together, mending their bond in the process.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 Haunting Stars

The cover of this book gets 5 stars alone and I think that was the most exciting thing about this book.

Through the Midnight Door is a sloooowww burn thriller , filled with some family saga !

Read this if you like :
🏠 Slow Burn Thrillers
🏠 Multiple POV’s
🏠 Dual Timelines
🏠 Haunted Houses
🏠 Family Drama

Through the Midnight Door is a story set around three sisters Meg, Claire and Esther who are haunted by the the darkness that has followed them over the years after visiting “The House “ on the deserted street so many years ago .

Over the years their lives are inflicted with trauma , alcoholism and suicide and the voices in their heads that follow them .

I really struggled with this one, the pacing was to slow for me , the first chapter did not work for me even though the premises was set around the death of sister Claire and the chapters were just to long and drawn out for me .

However you know I can be a bit of an outlier so don’t let this review steer you away from this dark haunting and different read !!

Thank you NetGalley ,Poisoned Pen Press and Katrina Monroe for this ARC!!

Respectfully Another Read by Angie

Thank you to Netgallery and Poisoned Pen Press for an early release copy of Through The Midnight Door by Katrina Monroe, this book will be available for purchase on August Thirteenth of 2024.

Through The Midnight Door has an interesting premise but this one fell flat for me, I thought the writing was good and descriptive, the characters were decently written, and the plot while it kept me interested I was expecting more. The haunted house aspect needed some more development, I was expecting more horror wise. The horror elements that we read about aside from the house are good but I don’t feel that they were as hard hitting as they could have been.

Complicated sister relationships after a childhood exploration of an abandoned house and a dark dark room that haunts them. Mike Flannigan vibes for sure! Bleak, but worth sticking it out to the end.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me an ARC of “Through the Midnight Door.” This book far exceeded my expectations. It was every bit creepy as it was beautiful. Such an original plot. Even though I had a pretty good idea of what was going on the whole time, it still completely kept my attention. There were mysteries within mysteries. Secrets and more secrets. Deep family trauma and forgiveness. Definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves a powerful message along with their horror.