This was a very strange book and I really struggled trying to get into it which is very un-normal for a Darcy Coates book.

The story revolves around Guy who finds a deed in his mom's attic to a house that he has never heard of before. He decides to go check it out and he thinks he might be able to fix it up when he sees that the house is in bad condition. From this point on in the story, things start moving slowly and the book starts becoming confusing. Guy has dreams/visions that I was never really sure when I was reading the book if he was dreaming or if he was in the reality of the house.

The house is haunted with a ghost that has the capability to alternate reality within the house and on the property which when reading the book you never know which reality you are in as Guy experiences everything around him.

I never really connected to the character, Guy, as for one thing he was a whiner the whole time and he became spooked easily with things that happened in the house. He acted more like a five year old most of the time throughout the whole book.

The book was not scary at all and to me it seemed to lean more science fiction. Normally Darcy Coates books give me chills and thrills, but this one just dropped off the face of the earth and kept me confused most of the time. I am giving it two stars. ( )

The suspense slowly builds with this one, started out kind of slow but by the middle it left me with the unease of feeling someone watching me. You don't meet many characters throughout this one. Especially towards the beginning I found the main (and other than quick appearances, only) character, Guy, slightly unlikable. He did become slightly more likable as time went on.

If you're looking for a suspense filled quick read this could be it. ( )

This book so far is my favorite thriller I have read. I had some difficulty on finding a thriller book that had me scared out of my seat and let me tell you this was one of them.

This book is about a man named Guy who finds an old deed to a house in his mother's attic. Wanting to take action he decides to work on the house but, as he begins the renovating he starts to slowly learn that he's not the only one there and soon the house begins to unravel the ugly truth of the history that lies within it.

This book made me feel as if I was watching a movie and with every page I turned my heart raced more and more. There were even times where I had to even set the book down just to calm myself. Really enjoyed this and can't wait to read more of Darcy's books. ( )

As most of you know...I am the ghost story junkie and will l freely admit to being a devoted haunted house story fan. I have read some really good ones by this author. Having said that...I was rather disappointed to find that this one was so predictable. I just knew in advance everything that was going to prevent Guy from leaving and always lead him back to Rookward. It was a worthy 3 star read but it was more creepy than actually scary. ( )

So far this has been my least favorite book of Darcy Coates. First off, the main character, Guy, is a whiny baby and it was hard to have any sympathy for him and his situation, because of the way he acted. On top of being whiny and completely unlikeable, he threw temper tantrums over the least little thing, like a petulant two year old.

Also, the book started off pretty slow and didn't the least bit interesting until about half way in.

Plus I didn't care for how the paranormal haunting played out in this, especially at the end which went way off in to left field somewhere. All of the things Amy was able to do came across as pretty unbelievable to me too and we weren't given any kind of rational explanation so that didn't help any.

If you've never read Darcy Coates before, don't start with this book. ( )