Horrid

Following her father's death, Jane finds herself moving across the country to live in the house where her mother grew up. Used to warm, sunny California, Jane must now spend her senior year in a dilapidated mansion in Maine. However, her mother's small hometown holds many secrets, and they all seem to revolve around Jane's strange new home with its roses that grow even in winter...

This was an atmospheric book that I wish I would have read around Halloween, but January's dreary gray wasn't a bad choice, either. Not a lot happens plot-wise, but instead, it builds on the mystery of what happened to make everyone so wary of Jane's new home and her family, as well as Jane's grief over the death of her father and the constant anger she feels. However, a lot of this feels very surface level, and I would have liked more either in the plot or the characters. Still, a very fast-paced read that kept me engaged, so a solid 3.5 rose petals out of 5.