The House

I just reviewed The House by Christina Lauren

Delilah returns home from boarding school to finish out her high school education at her local high school. Being here is something she did not want but the upside, Gavin is still here... Still mysterious and driving her teenage hormones into overdrive.

Gavin lives in a house all alone... A house that is not what it seems. Everyone in town steers clear of the haunted house.

Little do they know the house isn't just haunted. The house is a living, breathing entity and all it wants is Gavin.

As Gavin and Delilah get closer, the house gets more possessive. What will the house do to keep from losing Gavin... Or maybe a better question is... What wouldn't it do....

This book was so much better than I was anticipating. The synopsis for the book didn't do it justice in my opinion. While it didn't outright scare the living daylights out of you, it had this creepy undertone to the writing that gave it just the right amount of sinister to keep you obsessively turning the pages.

Biggest downfall for me, the fierce little teenage girl trope. I think if they had toned that down a little and made Delilah fight her fears to be with Gavin, that would have worked so much better.
I adored the explanation as to why the house was the way it was. Brilliantly executed. It never lulled either, the pace was expertly kept and I definitely will be looking more from this author.
The story comes from both Delilahs and Gavins perspectives, which I would usually hate but it worked so well for this book as it gave us the chance to understand why Gavin feels the way he does about the house and his life inside it while getting to know Delilah through her own thoughts and words and not through someone else's eyes.

The ending was a little too “neat” for me. I would have liked it not to have been wrapped up so nice in a bow. It was just over. Done.... I think the ending could have been done a little differently but other than that, solid 4.5 stars for me

If you love a Horror in the YA genre then I do recommend this one as your next read.