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Violence
A lot
Escalating supernatural violence; ghosts causing physical harm; disturbing imagery throughout
Language
Some
Moderate language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Nothing explicit
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate social drinking
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Domestic control and gaslighting mirrored by haunting; psychological manipulation; isolation
What this book is about
Margaret and Jules moved into their Victorian dream house knowing it was haunted — or at least Margaret did. Every September, the ghosts arrive, increasingly violent, and Margaret has developed a survival system. But when Jules comes home after time away and encounters what Margaret has been managing alone, his disbelief forces her to question whether the house is the real danger. A horror novel using supernatural dread as a lens for examining a controlling marriage.
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horror violence from ghosts
domestic abuse metaphor
gaslighting and psychological control
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