When they get there, they get ominous reactions from the town residents, and the house itself turns out to be an former insane asylum. An old aunt has died, leaving her a house. She has a slightly troubled past, which have led her very academic parents to largely lose trust in her. All the elements of a horror is there in this book. Needless to say, it's still considerably better than some books that have promised me the world, and then failed to deliver.ġ6-year old Delia has inherited an old house from a dead aunt whom she barely knows. The blurb is a little misleading, but I won't spoil the book. Strange to say that about a horror novel, but it is what it is.
In a week filled with terrible, boring books, this was a breath of fresh air. Like me.There was nothing particularly brilliant about this book, but it was well-written, it was surprisingly thoughtful, and above all it was entertaining. Why she hadn’t let herself die on the property.īecause then she would have been stuck forever.
"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.I understood why Aunt Cordelia had dragged herself out to the road before committing suicide. The house, too, harbors shocking truths within its walls - truths that only Delia can uncover, and that may set her free.And she'll need to act quickly - before the house's power overtakes everything she loves.Katie Alender brings heart-pounding suspense, gorgeous writing, and a feminist twist to this tale of memories and madness. Delia learns that all the spirits are unsettled and full of dark secrets.
A handsome ghost boy named Theo roams the grounds. And that's when she learns that the house is also haunted.Ghost girls wander the hallways in their old-fashioned nightgowns. So, in the most horrifying way, Delia becomes trapped. Kind of like Delia herself.But the house still wants to keep "troubled" girls locked away. Long ago, it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females - an insane asylum nicknamed "Hysteria Hall." However, many of the inmates were not insane, just defiant and strong willed.
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