Delicious Monsters
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3.5
Liselle Sambury
The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller following two teen girls navigating the treacherous past of a mysterious mansion ten years apart.Daisy sees dead people—something impossible to forget in bustling, ghost-packed Toronto. She usually manages to deal with her unwanted ability, but she’s completely unprepared to be dumped by her boyfriend. So when her mother inherits a secluded mansion in northern Ontario where she spent her childhood summers, Daisy jumps at the chance to escape. But the house is nothing like Daisy expects, and she begins to realize that her experience with the supernatural might be no match for her mother’s secrets, nor what lurks within these walls… A decade later, Brittney is desperate to get out from under the thumb of her abusive mother, a bestselling author who claims her stay at “Miracle Mansion” allowed her to see the error of her ways. But Brittney knows that’s nothing but a sham. She decides the new season of her popular Haunted web series will uncover what happened to a young Black girl in the mansion ten years prior and finally expose her mother’s lies. But as she gets more wrapped up in the investigation, she’ll have to decide: if she can only bring one story to light, which one matters most—Daisy’s or her own? As Brittney investigates the mansion in the present, Daisy’s story runs parallel in the past, both timelines propelling the girls to face the most dangerous monsters of all: those that hide in plain sight.
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Author
Liselle Sambury
Pages
512
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2023-02-28
ISBN
166590349X 9781665903493
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"4.5. This was actually amazing! I was turned off by how long it was but if you like a slow-burn paranormal horror with a message about forgotten Black girls in the media, this is a great one!"
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Zariah Grant
"I give this a two star rating, because the synopsis of the book made it seem like this would be a great listen/read. It probably will be for some people.,But the more I listened the more I got lost in what I was listening to. This book seemed all over the place. I just couldn’t get into it. I almost gave up when chapter 25 came along, but I finished listening to it today ( March 15, 2024 ). There’s a lot of trauma and healing but at a very slow pace."
"<strong>Beautifully Tragic</strong><br/><br/>This story was so beautifully told. The struggle of 3 females to survive their mother's and different levels of abuse. <br/>Not just from their mother's but the world around them.<br/>Daisy is a social outcast who frels her only reason for existence is to put out the fires her mother starts . Oh yeah. And she can see ghosts.<br/>Grace, Daisy's mother has unpleasant relationship with her own mother and is emotionally distant from Daisy. But she's hiding a lot about her past. And those secrets will eventually become Daisy's problem .<br/>Brittany has a horrible relationship with her mother. And its deepened due to a tell all book she wrote about her past life which tells all of her and Brittany's horrific experiences. The world sees her mom one way but Brittany knows the truth and it continues to be a wedge between them.<br/>Brittany and her best friend/film partner are working on a project to uncover the truth of incidents surrounding Daisy a d her mom. And a house that has a Dark history. Through this project these ladies lives will become more relatable than Brittany ever imagined.<br/>But will the truth be more than she is able to bear?<br/>"