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This 👏🏻 was 👏🏻 so 👏🏻 good🙌🏻
A family vacation in Florence goes very awry.
There‘s family dysfunction at White Lotus levels ~ a transatlantic haunting ~ creepy kids ~ so much and so good.
And the horror of the haunting mirrors the horror of the family dysfunction so well.
Definitely worth a read, and I think the audiobook is a plus here.

4⭐️ Really enjoyed this #contemporary #paranormal book. It definitely was creepy in areas and definitely gave off Halloween vibes. #2025 #fiction #bookclub

Well, I like this one. It does just what I love horror to do: Mirror the horrors from real life and make them manifest in a foe that's more easily fightable than addiction or toxic family dynamics or self-sabotage or addiction to toxic family dynamics that lead to self-sabotage. The setting is rich and immersive, even for someone like me, who's never been to Italy (the juxtaposition with NYC, which I have been to, helps). Fun spooky season read!

I made a tactical error choosing this book for my after-dark audiowalk. There were a lot of creatures rustling in the shrubbery...

This was a good ghost story. A haunted Italian villa? Yes! I would have given this 5 stars, but every single character, except the MC, was horrible and unlikable. I‘m really thankful that my family is not like this! Still, I enjoyed it and think it‘s perfect for spooky season.

I never really read horror but am looking forward to this one for my #bookgang readalong #sundayfunday

This was excellent! Not ultimately super scary, but such a great exploration of toxic family dynamics!

🌟🌟🌟 I am of a firm opinion that the title of this book and the previous one should be flipped lol

May wrap courtesy of StoryGraph. This was definitely a heavy essay/memoir month, but I managed to get some fiction in as well. Diavola stands out as one of the best horror books I've read in a while, and it was my only 5⭐ read of the month.

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