Delilah and Gavin's new love is threatened by a force uncomfortably close to home in this haunting novel from New York Times bestselling duo Christina Lauren, authors of Beautiful Bastard.
His shirt is black, jeans are black, and shaggy black hair falls into his eyes. And when Gavin looks up at Delilah, the dark eyes shadowed with bluish circles seem to flicker to life.
He lives in that house, the one at the edge of town. Spooky and maybe haunted. Something worse than haunted. And Gavin is trapped by its secrets.
Delilah and Gavin can't resist each other. But staying together will exact a price beyond their imagining.
This is the first book by Christina Lauren I have read and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The entire premise of a haunted house that is seemingly alive is so unique and while I was a bit skeptical (I've never been a fan of the haunted house trope before) I ended up being really intrigued by House and the way it interacted with Gavin.
I wouldn't really call this suspense or spooky. Maybe because I'm not into haunted house stories because I seem to be the only person who doesn't consider it creepy.
The issue I had was the combination of romance and suspense. It just didn't work for me. I wasn't invested in the characters because I was more interested in the suspense but the romance kept pulling me out of the creepiness of the book so I wasn't as immersed in the suspense as I wanted to be.
I know I'm making it seem as though I didn't enjoy the story but I honestly did. The writing flowed well, the characters were well developed. I would absolutely read one of their romance novels because without the suspense running alongside the romance I feel like I would really enjoy the story more than I did in this particular book.
