How to Sell a Haunted House

Grady Hendrix revolves his haunted house story around a pair of adult siblings who are dealing with the death of their parents and their own strained relationship. It is a strong character and relationship story with enough scary bits to satisfy horror fans as well.

I found Lousie and Mark to be relatable in some ways (Louise's desire to get away from home, her drive, Mark's frustrations and aimlessness) but they were also unlikeable (Louise's incredible denial and neurotic controlling behavior, Mark being a petulant dick). We saw most of the story through Louise's eyes and at times her attitude made me want to reach through the book and shake her.

There are little bits of humor, mostly in the dialogue, which Hendrix is great at. With the scary scenes, at times I realized what I was imagining could be quite absurd and silly, given the nature of the “items” that were possessed.

Great entertainment, escapist but smart.