In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Mira Grant

If you are looking for a haunted house book to whittle away at for an hour or two, it isn’t bad. As it stands, though, it feels short and a bit choppy. If the book was longer and Grant had more of a chance for significant exposition on her characters and more worldbuilding with the house, it would have been much better. It is a typical haunted house story, with slightly stupid characters that make predictable mistakes and choices and pay for their decisions with deadly consequences. But, it is no way up to par with Grant’s other books. I still liked it I gave it a three out of five stars.

What could have been exciting and terrifying is boring and predictable. It doesn’t make it a bad book - it’s typical and humdrum. The ability to empathize or care about the main characters is entirely missing in The Shadow of The Spindrift House. In Parasitology, we have science and technology run amok - again a story with horror aspects that can be empathized within our technology-driven world.

Instead of a typical zombie yarn, we have a story that is very human and one the reader can empathize. But, more than that, it is the yoke of our fears as a society. For instance, in Newsflesh, the main antagonist is zombies. Grant has a way of writing aspects of the horror genre that humanize it. Have you read The Newsflesh Series or Parasitology? If not, you should. Mira Grant has written some of my favorite stories. Because Spindrift House keeps its secrets for a reason, and it has no intention of letting them go. They have everything they need to solve the mystery.Įverything they need except for time. When Harlowe and her friends agree to investigate the mystery behind the manor, they do so on the assumption that they’ll be going down in history as the ones who determined who built Spindrift House-and why. The stories and legends surrounding the decrepit property are countless and contradictory, but one thing is clear: there are people willing to pay a great deal to determine the legal ownership of the house.

But “teen” is a limited time offer, and when her friends start looking for adult professions, it’s up to Harlowe to find them one last case so that they can go out in a blaze of glory. Shipped off to live with her paternal grandparents after a mysterious cult killed her mother and father, she has grown up chasing the question behind the curve, becoming part of a tight-knit teen detective agency. Nature remembers deviation nature does not forgive.įor Harlowe Upton-Jones, life has never been a straight line. The natural world is a place of curves and softened edges, of gentle mists and welcoming spirals. Hardcover, Deluxe Limited, 200 pagesPublished June 30th 2019 by Subterranean PressEdition LanguageEnglish STORY SYNOPSIS ― Mira Grant, In the Shadow of Spindrift House STATS

In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Mira Grant