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INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BOOK
Publisher ‏ : Berkley
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 2023
Format:  Hardbook, Paperback, Audiobook and ebook
Print length ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
Genre:  Suspense Horror Fiction

MY PERSONAL OPINION OF “How to Sell a Haunted House” by Grady Hendrix

I got the book from Target during a book sale. I got it 30% discounted in paperback. I read a previous book by him, which I truly enjoyed, and I was enticed by the premise of this book. I started reading it right on September 1st as part of the spooky reading list I had planned for September/October.

This book was a great read. It was funny at times, fast paced, emotionally exhausting, creepy as hell, scary and jumpy, it was great!. I enjoyed the characters, Louise and Mark, how their relationship unraveled as the truth behind their haunted house (and dolls/puppets) comes about. I think their mom Nancy was a very intriguing and perplexing character, that towards the end you start understanding more.

The end was extraordinary. Tiring and revealing at the same time. I was exhausted and relieved towards the end of the book. It was fantastic.

I recommend this book if you want a out of the box weird horror book. I truly enjoyed this book.

PREMISE OF THE BOOK AS FOUND IN AMAZON / GOODREADS:

When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.
 
Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market. 
 
But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…

MY RATING:

My rating for this book is a solid 4.8

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bibliography:

New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix makes up lies and sells them to people. His novels include HORRORSTÖR about a haunted IKEA, MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM, which is basically “Beaches” meets “The Exorcist”, WE SOLD OUR SOULS, a heavy metal horror epic, THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES, and THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP, coming on July 13, 2021. He’s also the author of PAPERBACKS FROM HELL, an award-winning history of the horror paperback boom of the Seventies and Eighties. He wrote the screenplay for, MOHAWK, a horror flick about the War of 1812, and SATANIC PANIC about a pizza delivery woman fighting rich Satanists. You can discover more ridiculous facts about him at http://www.gradyhendrix.com.

Other books by the author:

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires: A Novel

The Final Girl Support 

We Sold Our Souls: A Novel