Deep in the woods of Sumner’s Mills there lies an abandoned Octagon House. As with all local lore this house is the town's haunted home that no one dares enter. That is until one night Clare and her best friend, Abby, sneak inside the home daring to go where others are too afraid to go. But something happened to them inside that house. It is as if something or someone had devoured a part of their soul.
Now all grown up, Clare discovers that Abby returned to the Octagon House searching for what was lost which has put Abby in a coma. Clare must find out what happened to her childhood best friend. Does this house have a hold on anyone who enters it, or does it have something to do with its haunting past?
Overall rating 4/5
I was pleasantly creeped out by this book and was dying to find out about the history of the house’s origins. The forced love story bogged down the pace of the book in my opinion. I was also craving more haunting moments within the house. Or more of the dynamic between the little girl and step aunts interactions before the incidents. I do appreciate the backstory of the house which made a full circle moment explaining what was happening to Clare and Abby in the present.

*Thank you to Jennifer Fawcett, Atria Books, and Netgalley for the ARC copy. I am freely leaving my honest review.