The Good House

This was epic. It took me forever to read (it was the font in the book, I just refuse to go get one of those magnifying bookmark thingy's, at least for another couple of years), I spent a couple of hours each morning reading a few chapters.
Despite being from 2003, this reads like an old school horror novel from the 70's- many characters, really well described settings and an epic finale. I loved it. The Good House was my first Due. It won't be my last.
There are some truly, truly horrifying moments in this book and so few writers do a haunted house right. Due not only nails that, but the horror is mobile so it's reach goes beyond the house and “The Spot” in the woods behind it. Shudder!
Angela is one THE best protagonists I have read in a horror novel in a loooong time. Seriously, this is more literary than it is being given credit for. There are layers upon layers of characterization here. I feel like I know Angela, Tariq, and Corey after reading this book. I feel like I walked up the steps at The Good House to that bathroom with the claw-footed tub too.