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This book is for you if you're into...
- Haunted house horror with dry, darkly funny narration
- Protagonists who treat bloodstains like home maintenance
- Stories where stubbornness is scarier than the ghosts
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Margaret finally gets her dream Victorian home. Small catch: every September, the walls drip blood, ghost kids run screaming through the hallways, and there’s definitely something very angry lurking in the basement. Most people would pack up faster than you can say "nonrefundable deposit." But Margaret? She’s like, "Nope. I love this place. I’ll just… buy extra bleach."
That’s what makes the book so fun. It’s haunted house horror told through the lens of stubborn domestic determination. Margaret isn’t your usual trembling damsel; she’s the homeowner from hell’s worst nightmare: someone who refuses to leave. And her dry, darkly funny narration makes the book as entertaining as it is spine-tingling.
If you want a haunted house story that gives you all the classic chills and a protagonist who treats bloodstains like just another home maintenance issue, this is the one. It’s equal parts creepy, witty, and weirdly empowering.
Why run from a haunted house when you can stay and ignore the ghosts? Just when you thought you'd seen everything a haunted house novel could do, The September House comes along and delivers an eerie, darkly funny, and emotionally grounded book about the ghosts that haunt houses and marriages.
A woman is determined to stay in her dream home even after it becomes a haunted nightmare in this compulsively readable, twisty, and layered debut novel.
When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn't believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts of former inhabitants appear, and all of them are terrified of something that lurks in the basement. Most people would flee. Margaret is not most people. Margaret is staying. It's her house.
But after four years Hal can't take it anymore, and he leaves abruptly. Now, he's not returning calls, and their daughter Katherine—who knows nothing about the hauntings—arrives, intent on looking for her missing father. To make things worse, September has just begun, and with every attempt Margaret and Katherine make at finding Hal, the hauntings grow more harrowing, because there are some secrets the house needs to keep.
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