The Haunting of Gillespie House

The Haunting of Gillespie House is about a girl, Elle, who is house sitting for the Gillespie family while they go to a retreat. Soon after her arrival, weird things start happening. There is scratching in the walls, a door keeps slamming on its own, and there's a locked room with fluttering curtains. Elle starts having really vivid dreams about the house's history and she sets out to discover the mystery surrounding the Gillespie House.

I have to say that this is one of my favorite Darcy Coates novels. It was a quick read & it kept me interested until the end. I think the author did an amazing job at creepiness in this book, there were a few times that really got to me when I was reading.

I absolutely loved Elle, she had a quirky personality and once weird things started happening she didn't try to rationalize them too much, she caught on quite quickly that there was something else in the house with her. We don't know much about her past, which is great because we're here for the ghost story not her backstory.

Once the mystery surrounding the house and it's occupants were uncovered, the book had quite the happy ending. It was just really well written and it's everything that I look for in a good ghost story.

Bonus: there is a short story called Crawlspace at the end of this novel that creeped me the fuck out! This short story is the reason that the Haunting of Gillespie House was even written. So be sure to check that out too!