Week 18 Review: The House that Horror Built

From Goodreads:

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets in the captivating new horror novel from the national bestselling author of Good Girls Don't Die and Horseman.

Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so it's not totally a coincidence that she took the job cleaning house for movie director Javier Castillo. His forbidding graystone Chigago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes, as well as glittering awards from his career making horror films that thrilled audiences—until family tragedy and scandal forced him to vanish from the industry.

Javier values discretion, and Harry has always tried to clean the house immaculately, keep her head down, and keep her job safe—she needs the money to support her son. But then she starts hearing noises from behind a locked door. Noises that sound remarkably like a human voice calling for help, even though Javier lives alone and never has visitors. Harry knows that not asking questions is a vital part of keeping her job, but she soon finds that the forbidding house may be home to secrets she can't ignore.

My Review:
I had such a fantastic time reading this book! I really enjoy Christina Henry books, and her latest horror books have been so entertaining to read, and I knew that I would have a blast reading this book, and I did! The premise was interesting and I loved reading it!

The atmosphere of this book was just sinister and creepy, which was perfect for a horror book. It had me tense, and nervous for what was going to happen next, but I had to keep reading to find out, because curiosity has to be followed through in a book! 

The fact that there are these voices asking for help in her employer's house? When that employer is how she's supporting her family by herself? That was just another thing to struggle with on top of the horror. Not to mention the bond that was forming between her boss and her son to further complicate things.

What ended up happening though? Yeah, that was so great to read, I was cheering for Harry to come out victorious, after all that she'd been through. All those pieces that came together worked really well. I just wish we could've had a bit more of the ending! 

This was another really great story by Christian Henry and I can't wait to read more!  

Author: Christina Henry 
Read: April 29th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing, and it's a SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley 
Expected Publication: May 14th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars