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Book Review: The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

Book Review: The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

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Book Review: The Invited by Jennifer McMahonThe Invited by Jennifer McMahon
Published by Doubleday on April 30, 2019
Genres: Suspense
TropesPages: 350
Format: eArc
Source: NetGalley
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four-stars

A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house--they build one . . .

In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate have abandoned the comforts of suburbia to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, inspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. When they discover that this beautiful property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by the local legend of Hattie Breckenridge, a woman who lived and died there a century ago. With her passion for artifacts, Helen finds special materials to incorporate into the house--a beam from an old schoolroom, bricks from a mill, a mantel from a farmhouse--objects that draw her deeper into the story of Hattie and her descendants, three generations of Breckenridge women, each of whom died suspiciously. As the building project progresses, the house will become a place of menace and unfinished business: a new home, now haunted, that beckons its owners and their neighbors toward unimaginable danger.

Review

Nate and Helen are looking for a change. They trade in their city life and move to a rural area. They are in the process of building their dream house when spooky and unexplained things kept happening. I have to say this book spooked me out and every time I heard a weird noise, I just knew it was the ghost in this book coming to get me.

Not going to lie the story did tend to drag in certain areas. Once it picked up I was hooked and I loved how everything came together in the end. The twist caught me by surprise and I can honestly say I didn’t see it coming. I would have liked a point of view from one particular person but overall it was a good ending with closure.

This was my first time reading this Jennifer McMahon and I was very impressed. I was hooked after reading the prologue and that rarely happens for me. I enjoyed the authors writing style and the plot was refreshing.I will definitely be checking out more books by McMahon.

four-stars

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