This book landed at the "bottom of my reading list" by sorting the number of stars on my Goodreads.com "to-read" list and choosing the one with the fewest stars. The Goodreads rating system works. This book was just OK.
Think Amityville Horror meets Rosemary's Baby with a sprinkle of Stepford Wives thrown in. A family moves to an old Victorian house in a remote New Hampshire town in order to escape the aftermath of the terrible accident the father has endured through his work. The basic plot line is pretty good I suppose but the actions -- or inactions, actually -- of the characters allow the story line to progress in a way that strained my suspension of belief. And I kept wondering why a story with visits from ghosts still bearing the scars of their demise, including a little girl, a father who is contemplating murder, and the creepy "herbalist" women in the neighborhood who take an inordinate interest in the twins in the family didn't give me so much as one spine shiver.
It had potential, but left me wanting more.
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