This novel is centered around two families. The Webb family lived in Amity (a super creepy house) ten years in the past. The Hall family lives in it currently. The POVs feature Connor Webb (who has serious mental issues, as in he is horrible and enjoys death and bloodshed and all of that) and Gwen Hall (a girl who may or may not manipulate particles when upset.

This was reminiscent of Stephen King in the fact that there was a pebble rain scene much like in Carrie. Also, the house reminded me slightly of Salem's Lot, but still quite different which was nice.

I pretty much flew through this book. I read it in 2 days. The novel is broken up into 5 parts, each part switches between Connor and Gwen's experiences living in Amity. The parts are broken down into days (similar to chapters). Then the story is broken down even more into scenes. Most scenes were only about a page, so I found myself tearing through the pages to get to the next one. There are many parallels throughout their stories that left me intrigued. About halfway through, I had already predicted what would happen in the end. But that's okay with me because getting to it was still disturbing.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel even though I was creeped out and appalled by Connor while reading it. ( )

holy shit i'm obessesed go read this right now ( )

This book was...interesting? I think it would be pretty scary for its intended audience (YA). I found it more psychological thriller than outright horror novel. I also felt that this book was, at the same time, both too short and too long. I feel like there was more story to be told, but we weren't really getting at that story. And I also felt that there was a lot of stuff that was being repeated over and again. Which maybe the repetition was part of plot device. The switching back and forth between stories also felt a little silly after a bit. I really didn't feel like the two stories connected in the right way. Like they were layered wrong.

Things I did like: I liked Gwen's story more than Connor's. It felt a little more nuanced. On the whole, I really enjoyed the writing. It felt very lyrical and almost poetic. The pacing also worked very well for me. ( )

I was honestly a little surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. The was it was written worked really well, with the story hopping back and forth in time from Day One ten years before to Day One present.
My only real problem with this book is that it felt a little bit unfinished. There were a few place where it felt like there was foreshadowing, or a detail that would soon be learned, but nothing ever came of those moments.
Overall, a rather enjoyable read though. ( )

Let me start off by saying, the book overall was a good book. It made you want to know how it ended. Although the ending left something to be desired, with both characters, but it wasn't too bad.

My main issue with the book was the fact that (1) it was very repetitive and (2) with both characters it was a lot of things that they kept repeating throughout the book and it became rather annoying...i.e. you know; I mean; like, etc..that's just Connor. With Gwen, it's a lot of Stop it crazy's and many variations of it.

I enjoyed it enough to say it's worth giving it a try, but go into it knowing that those things might be a bit much! :-) ( )