DNF at 58%. The characters are awful. The pacing is so fast and so much is going on. The back to back scares really takes away all of the scare factor. Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to try this book out.

If someone twlls you a hill is haunted, maybe don't build a house there and move your family in. That's my takeaway from this novel, Interesting book, not terrifying, but will keep you involved.

A short horror story that can be read in a sitting. It took me a little longer than I thought to get through this one. I am going to blame reading when I was tired and not feeling great. It is a twisted paranormal/horror story, cult like set in the 1950's. Gruesome in parts, slow in others. Evil lurks in the Blackthorne house which was built on a hill by an old cemetery and water well that had a witch hung from it.

I found the author's writing style did fit the theme of the story and I did enjoy it. I would recommend it to readers of short stories. I think that it could have been developed a bit more and had some more interaction in it with the characters.

I give this a 3 out of 5 stars. I received a copy of this title for review purpose. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I liked this short story. I was hooked in right away . I found it is well written. But I just wish it was a little bit longer

2.5 stars. It was good, creepy, builds up some scared moments at some parts. But, when the story begins to open “who’s Bobbie” it suddenly changes become a first person reading. I’m confused when the sentence starts with “I” but it still mention the names of the characters from the story, so did I miss one character here? And I’m unclear about what is each of the character background story, it just keeps going and going without opening it, until the book ends. It’s a short reading but too short for the dialogue, the background story.

Haunting of the blackthorne house by Bruce Knapp.
A fantastic short read. Very eerie and creepy. 5*.

I'm sorry but unfortunately this wasn't for me. I couldn't connect with the writing style and think it could have benefited from a bit of polishing. I also found it difficult to care about any of the characters and the story as a whole. Overall it just wasn't a good fit for me.