House of Thorns, Isabel Strychacz
House of Thorns, Isabel Strychacz
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House of Thorns

Author: Isabel Strychacz

Narrator: Candace Fitzgerald

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/20/2024


Synopsis

In the vein of The Haunting of Hill House, a teen returns to the mysterious house from her past to search for her missing sister and uncover the truth of Brier Hall in this atmospheric and eerie modern gothic novel.

Lia Peartree is haunted—by memories, by her past, by secrets, by the ones she left behind. Five years ago, the Peartrees fled their home—the infamous ancestral Brier Hall—and never looked back. But her oldest sister went missing that night, and there's been no sign of her since.

In the aftermath, the Peartrees are traumatized and get by however they can. Lia's remaining sister Ali says yes to any bad idea, and Lia tries so desperately to be the perfect daughter that it's tearing her apart. But as the five year anniversary of the night they left nears, Lia begins seeing her missing sister everywhere, and memories of Brier Hall won't leave her alone.

When Ali disappears with no warning except a cryptic phone call—"don't follow me when I'm gone"—Lia is sure she's gone back to Brier Hall. Lia must go home one final time and face what haunts her in an effort to find her sisters and uncover the truth of her past.

About Isabel Strychacz

Isabel Strychacz is from a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Mills College in Oakland, where she received BA degrees in English/creative writing and history. With multiple short stories published in her university literary journal, she was the recipient of the college’s award for top fiction prose in 2016. Starling is her debut novel. Isabel currently resides in the United Kingdom and you can find her online @IsabelStrychacz (Twitter) and @bookishlybelle (Instagram).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brend on September 25, 2024

In the vein of The Haunting of Hill House , a teen returns to the mysterious house from her past to search for her missing sister and uncover the truth of Brier Hall in this atmospheric and eerie modern gothic novel AND she has great eyebrows......more

Goodreads review by Quill&Queer on December 29, 2024

This was basically a kind of boring version of The Haunting Of Hill House and it's so hard to top the TV show adaptation that I should stop trying to find a book that can even match it.......more

Goodreads review by Patty (IheartYA311) on October 30, 2024

House of Thorns was on my TBR for months before publication. While I enjoyed the writing style, the flip flop between first POV and second POV felt choppy. I generally prefer third POV. The story is fascinating and unique, but it always irks me when the why/how isn't answered by the conclusion. Stil......more

Goodreads review by Elisabeth on August 11, 2024

Thank you to Simon and Schuster and Netgalley for the e-ARC! I was so excited for the chance to read “House of Thorns,” an upcoming YA horror / gothic, as it checked all my boxes - spooky atmosphere, ancestral trauma, and plenty of poetic prose. “House of Thorns,” which follows Lia and her sister Al......more

Goodreads review by Elle on October 31, 2024

Overall, I really liked this. There was room for some improvement but it scratched my itch for a story reminiscent of Hill House.......more