This story was really good! Had me intrigued and I couldn’t stop. The narrator did a good job. Just felt like they could have made it a little better with the way they talked.

I was so excited for this one, YA thrillers are some of my favorite reads. This one unfortunately did not work for me. I was a little bored and I could not continue so I had to DNF this one.

Killer House Party by Lily Anderson

Arden finds out her parents spent her college fund on a house that no one has lived in for years… something bad happened there but no one knows exactly what. To raise money for her college fund, Arden hosts a party at the house and things start out great until the house decides that no one will be leaving alive.

This one was actually quite brilliant. I loved the idea of the house having this reputation but no one knows exactly what happened there. The things that happen in the house…. OMG it was horrifying. Arden was annoying as an MC. She wasn’t my kind of character but everyone else was great. It’s graphic…. LOVED THAT!! The story was terrifyingly delicious and I loved every second of the book.

Highly recommend 4.5 stars

If you’re looking for something fun, quick and easy to read for spooky season, this might be for you! Otherwise it was just an ok kind of book! I’m not mad I listened to it but I feel like if I didn’t read it during October, I definitely wouldn’t haven’t enjoyed it as much!

Arden, the MC was very annoying to say the least lol. She was so wrapped up about herself and her own problems, she was too blinded to worry about anyone else but herself and it was kind of sad for her amazing friend group and the boy that loved her. With that being said, I LOVED her friends! They were solid, and took her in when she had literally no one else.

Also Arden’s parents annoyed the crap out of me!! Who uses their child’s college fun to buy a dilapidated haunted house?!? And then argue about what they will be doing with it?? I don’t know, it annoyed me so much lol.

BUT the haunted house setting for a high school graduation party was definitely fun and the few spooky scenes we got were a lot of fun!

Again overall, I mostly enjoyed this one because I read it during spooky month!

This one is going to be hard to review. On the one hand I loved it because it made me think, but on the other hand, there were so many unanswered questions that I’m like uuhhhh what do I rate this?

So the part of this that I did like was the creepy part. The way Anderson set this up was genius! It like made you think about gossip and why you should think before you speak. Or at least it made me think twice. Because Lordt knows if it can make things like that happen? I don’t want it lol And to have each story told by each of the people in the way they heard it was very cool. That way the reader is kept guessing and never really knows how it’s going to end because it could literally be anything.

I also loved that even though its a horror book I still learned something. I have never heard of certain things like “haint blue” and I hadn’t heard that there was a superstition that they can’t cross water. Both of these things are tied to the Gullah Geechee people. This definitely aligns because the main character is described as Afro Latina.

However, even though I loved the way the story was told, I didn’t actually like the way it ended. There was this whole build up of everything, but nothing is really answered. Like what was the actual reason all of this started happening? What caused this? And how did this happen? The wall thing wasn’t exactly explained either. It wasn’t bad, but it confused me on how I wanted to rate this.

To be honest, the vibe is on a thousand in this book tho. It’s not exactly scary, but it all the different stories and the old abandoned house with literally every creepy type thing ever makes it unsettling at the very least. Even the characters had something to do with it too. Like I know there was no way her parents were that blasé about using her money or the fact that she was the valedictorian and they were making it so she couldn’t go to school? I was gagged because as a parent, wtf you mean? That wasn’t something that HAD to be done. I was glad she stood up for herself. Even if it did basically put her and all her friends in danger lmao

This book was pretty fun! Do I wish some things were more fleshed out? Sure. But it wasn’t bad. I still loved this more than I thought I would based on the reviews. I did wish it was a bit more scary, but that’s a me thing. And this is YA lol So I took what I could get lol

When Arden’s parents spend her entire college fund, she needs to come up with 15k fast. She decides to throw a huge graduation party at a cursed and allegedly haunted manor. Sounds like a fun night and easy money, right? Wrong!

Remember those really fun 80’s horror movies? That’s this book! I was thoroughly entertained and the narrator did a superb job. Perfect spooky season book!

Thanks for the opportunity to listen!