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This book was not what I thought it would be, and I enjoyed it very much. A young couple with their first child wins a lottery to move into a luxury apartment building. The author took the whole creepy, old apartment building trope and went places I was not expecting. It combines the horrors of vampires with gargoyles and was very imaginative. The second half of the book moved quickly, and I couldn't wait to see what would happen next.

This was so deliciously creepy! I love a story set in a fancy New York apartment building (and how it‘s never as wonderful as it seems) and I found it really unique to have the main characters struggling with new parenthood set against this sort of “monster” story. I wasn‘t a huge fan of the husband but I really empathized with the wife‘s struggles being a new mother while facing her own physical and mental issues. Definitely recommend! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This isn‘t going to end well …

From the opening quotes from The Mountain Goats, to the references to awesome scary books throughout, I very much enjoyed this novel. The organization of the novel feels less organic than I would prefer, and some of the details don't hang together as well as they might, but the ending was pretty near perfect. It's rare that I read a novel that sticks the landing, and I always cheer when I do. So...yay! Also, this is my #doublespin for November.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️this guy knows what scares!!! Another new horror author on the scene delivers in atmosphere, dread, creeps and wholly interesting monsters!

Aptly described as a mix of ROSEMARY‘S BABY & ‘SALEM‘S LOT, Cassidy‘s latest horror novel provides a gripping read, dripping with tension & creepy imagery. Ana & Reid win a housing lottery to live in the prestigiously mysterious Deptford in what seems like the first turning of their luck after their continued grief in losing Reid‘s mother & the trauma of their daughter‘s birth that left Ana paralyzed. But it‘s soon clear the apartment has secrets.

I loved Rosemary‘s Baby, and Nat Cassidy took a lot of inspiration from it for this novel. Ana was a great character, and I wanted her to so desperately find a happy ending. Ana and her husband Reid won the lottery for affordable housing in a prestigious/historical apartment building in NYC. After a spinal injury from birth, Ana is left paralyzed from the waist down. She‘s dealing with motherhood, limited mobility, and her new SINISTER apartment.