this book was so so good, i love a good mystery/thriller, and i’m still dipping my toe into the horror genre and this was such a good start. jane and ruth had to move back to ruth’s hometown after ruth’s husband and jane’s dad passed away. they had to move into ruth’s passed mothers house, north manor. there were many many rumors about this house and ruth actually vowed to never come back but never say never i guess.

to take a quick break i would like to mention that besides the scary parts i really did live the relationships in this book, jane and the new friends she made and that little budding romance were so sweet, and while i don’t usually like those type of relationships in my mystery books it was nice to read about.

there is also a girl that is bullying jane upon her arrival, her sister is very sick from something that happened when she was younger. now one day jane goes to a party and her friends end up telling her everything she thought about the house wants true, and something really bad happened. she once had a sister names jemina rose and she was accidentally killed by falling into a whole in the backyard (which is why ruth vowed to never come back) and the girl she was playing with was her bully’s sister.

her bully tried to come to her house and get something because her sick sister killed herself after she found out jane and ruth came back to the house but we see jemina rose come back and kill the girl and we find out that she was doing all the creepy things in the house, and killed ruth (the deep sleep). i also just realized this book is also a bit paranormal.

overall really nice book, can’t wait to dive into this genre more