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Save:Creepy, quirky, and character-driven, "Darkhouse" delivers slow-burning scares and lots of drama - though it fumbles some sensitive subjects. A great pick for fans of offbeat ghost stories and slow-building series, but approach with care if you’re sensitive to certain topics.
"Darkhouse" in the series "Experiment in Terror" by Karina Halle follows the story of Perry Palomino, a college graduate working as a receptionist who meets Dex Foray, an internet TV cameraman, as they team up to develop a new show focused on ghost hunting. The series is described as a paranormal romance with a slow burn relationship between the main characters, Perry and Dex, who are ghost hunters facing various supernatural challenges. Each book in the series features a different ghost hunt, adding to an underlying mythos and mystery that unfolds gradually, making the horror and romantic risks more intense as the story progresses.
I stood in a round, white room with only a porthole-shaped window to break up the monotony. The view outside was nothing more than an inky void. The smell of tidal pools and rotting kelp seeped in thr...2011•346 pages - #2
Save:A spooky, quick-paced ghost mystery with some emotional depth - a fun, atmospheric read that’s likely to satisfy fans of both haunted houses and historical romance, even if it’s not the scariest or most original story out there.
Sarah Piper, a single young woman living in post-WWI London, takes a temporary job assisting two ghost hunters investigating the haunting of Maddy Clare, a ghost seeking revenge for a horrific crime in her past. The book combines mystery, romance, and ghostly elements set in rural 1920s England, with a focus on the relationships between the characters and the unraveling of Maddy's tragic past.
He was nothing like I had pictured: young, perhaps twenty-five, the same age as I. His dark blond hair was not slicked down as was the fashion, but worn longish and windblown, as if he combed it in th...March 2012•336 pages
