The Haunting of Ashburn House

ONE SPOILER!

I gotta say this book caught me by surprise. I'd say that reading the first half of the book was not that intriguing to me. I started the think I'd give it the same rating, or possibly lower, that I gave “The Haunting of Blackwood House” (which I didn't like much) due to similar problems or issues I found. Like I said though, I was pleasantly surprised.

The story and history of the haunt was definitely interesting and I really enjoyed it. My favorite part was how the “ghost” was portrayed as more of a zombie like creature, which caught me off guard. I really liked that, it was different from what I have read and I thought it was nice twist. The very end was also pretty sweet. While I wasn't feeling it towards the beginning, I found myself slowly enjoying the story as it went on and when the ending came, I was satisfied.

Finally...a Darcy Coates book where I'm not frustrated or left wanting by a character. Why stick around then? Because she really does write a good story. This isn't technically a haunted house story but I really enjoyed it nonetheless. The first half definitely had a creepy factor...unless you aren't the type to be creeped out by old houses left to you by a great aunt you never met and upon entering said house you see weird things but you can't ask anyone in the very small town because she was apparently eccentric and people steered cleared of her and her creepy house...but then why are you here?
I definitely enjoyed where it went. I even liked the ending. So i'm quite happy with that because this would have been the last Darcy book i'd have read otherwise.