Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC in exchange for my honest review!

4.5 stars

4 friends enter Dominic House. 3 leave that night. Riley and his friends have never been the same since. Dealing with mental and physical scars, Riley vows to never enter Dominic House again. That is, until a famous ghost hunting show recruits them 2 years later to help them solve the mystery once and for all. Is Dominic house really haunted? And what happened to Riley’s boyfriend Ethan? This story goes back and forth from chapter to chapter and explains in the past and present what actually happened in Dominic House.

The “finding a friend who disappeared in a haunted house” trope is so vast right now and I’m loving all the books that come out of it. In the beginning it was hard for me to connect with the characters. Riley and Colton both seemed like mega jerks but of course they were the ones who suffered the most in the house. They would be the ones the most bitter about going back. I didn’t like Colton at all until the end. He at least got character development. Ethan seemed like such a sweet boyfriend to Riley and I was heartbroken when he was taken. I would want to go save him no matter what too.

The end seemed rushed but I was still happy with the outcome. I went into this book pretty blind and I was disappointed with the outcome. The end had me smiling so hard my face hurt. This was also a super fast read I was able to get through in a few hours so the plot moves forward very quickly. The main story is only told in a few hours with the flashbacks to the past going over one night.

I must say when I first started reading this it can be a little slow in the beginning but as the story progressed I became more intrigued. I loved the transition from one timeline to the other. Riley has never from the night him Vee, Colton, and Ethan stayed at Dominic House so when Jordan Jones, ghost chaser extraordinaire, comes asking him he wants to do anything BUT that. Upon returning to Dominic House with Jordan, her two man team the Spirit Seekers, Vee, and Colton it becomes very apparent as the night wears on that Dominic House still has a score to settle with Riley.

I enjoyed that the book read as if I was watching an episode of Ghost Hunters. The more I read the least likely I was to stop reading because I was wanting to know what was going to pop out of the shadows. What was in Dominic House that still wanted Riley? Why just him and not the others? Will he find out what happened to Ethan?

Like the book description states, “ the kind of horror story that will keep you up long in to the night.” How true that was because I was up till 1 AM finishing this! Great YA horror debut from the author!