The Quiet House

I'm not always a fan of Lily Morton's contemporaries (being snarky is not sufficient character development for me), but I am quite enjoying this series that started with [b:The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings 48752448 The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings (Black and Blue #1) Lily Morton https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1573478187l/48752448.SY75.jpg 74054330]. Morton shines when she can develop more plot around her characters, and The Quiet House has plenty of paranormal thrills and chills. There's a little bit of TSTL behavior on the part of both our MCs (“that's okay, I'll just go running by myself on the grounds of this haunted mansion, what could possibly go wrong?”), but there are also many opportunities to strengthen their relationship and overcome their lingering self-doubts (Blue: I'm too weird/Levi: I'm too boring) as they work together to figure out the gruesome history behind said haunted mansion. Plus the secondary characters, notably Tom and Declan, add a lot to the story without being annoying and unnecessary sequel bait. Looking forward to more books in this series, as I suspect there are many more paranormal phenomena that Blue and Levi have yet to explore.