The Haunting of Gillespie House

Overall rating: 4.75/5Writing: 5/5, Her writing style and prose are always solid.Plot: 5/5, very satisfying build up and pay offCharacters: 4/5, I feel like our MC who is basically the only character we interact with could have had more depth. I feel like you get to know more about the original people in the house than her.
Would I reread?: Yup, definitely

Narrators: single narrator, Elle? I think we hear her name like once
POV: 1st person, single
Genre: Horror, Adult, Cozy Horror or Feel Good Horror, First-person POVs
Pace: Fast-Paced, It grabs you pretty quickly with minimal stupid choicesTone: Tense, emotionalStoryline: Character-driven, Character explorationThemes: Cults, protecting family, haunted houseWriting style: Contemporary and light, succinct, well plottedBook Appeal: For those wanting cozy horror, wanting a good tension but a happy ending for our MCType: StandaloneContent Warnings: death (off-page not graphic), betrayal, child abuse (light and off-page), missing children Was the Blurb/Genre Accurate: YesAdditional Comments:I love Darcy Coates. There has been only one out of about 7 novels that I didn't like, which was House Next Door. Everything else of hers has been 5 star reads for me. This was a home run. You get the tension, you get connected to characters you feel for, you get scary stuff! I'm deducting .25 stars because the MC is someone we know nothing about. We really don't know why she took this gig, or what her life history is like. I would have liked a bit of background info weaved into the story. But ultimately the story is more about the earlier inhabitants so maybe that's fine.