Real Rating: 3.5 / 5 Stars

I have a theory that being an atheist takes a lot of shock and terror out of reading religion-themes horror novels and watching movies in the same vein. All my life I’ve never had a single issue watching horror movies or reading horror novels with religious themes because I’m an atheist. My mom is terrified of The Exorcist. Me? Not even a tiny grimace. I get more terrified of things like The Purge, because that actually feels like something that could happen.

That’s what I think happened while I was reading The House of Last Resort. If I was in any way scared of demons or interested in the concept of evil as anything else but a moral subjective then maybe this book would have rated higher for me. But I’m me, and I’m the type of person who says, “Evil is morally subjective and therefore doesn’t exist”.

The concept is definitely more high-concept than some horror novels and I actually really enjoyed it: I can’t say my kids and I haven’t seen those videos and articles online where you can move to isolated villages in France or Italy and purchase a home for x amount of dollars or even for free as long as you fulfill x amount of conditions and not thought, “That might actually be a great thing to do,” for some of the exact same reasons the characters in this book did it. I also enjoyed the general flow of the book, the dialogue, and the world-building.

In the end, it’s only me that’s got me not liking the book so much, and it’s just because we didn’t vibe well. I still say give it go if you like demons, ghosts, the evils of organized religion (especially the Catholic Church), and poorly-timed earthquakes.

I was provided a copy of this title by NetGalley and the author. All thoughts, opinions, views, and ideas expressed herein are mine and mine alone. Thank you.

File Under: Ghost Fiction/Horror/Paranormal Horror/Supernatural Horror/Suspense

A really interesting Gothic horror story set in Italy. It's supremely creepy (rats! catacombs! haunted houses! more rats!), while also weaving in small town attitudes, family history, and an extra dose of religious horror.

I would definitely recommend this book if you're into horror. The main couple have pretty appropriate reactions to what's going on. Kate in particular is pretty great. My only downside is that I think there is an unnecessary twist at the end to give more action in the climax, but I think it was working well without it, and it took me out of the book a little. But it got back on track very quickly, and I really loved the ending - which I did not see coming!

Kate and Tommy Puglisi have the opportunity of a lifetime, to purchase an abandoned Italian mansion for one Euro, the caveat, to live there at least 5 years and to renovate the home. The story opens with the loving couple excited about their new adventure, to live near Tommy’s Italian grandparents, and to start a slower paced life. Renovations begin and horrors of the past are discovered.

What I liked:
The setting on an Island off the coast of Italy, a crumbling, old mansion.

The promise of a new beginning, the descriptions of food and family.

What I disliked:
The repetitiveness of certain ideas that repeat in the story over and over.

While I enjoyed the characters, I didn’t feel connected to them.

The story meanders quite a bit through the middle, I felt bored.

The characters inner monologue took me out of the story quite a bit and may have contributed to feeling disconnected from the characters and story.

If you enjoy slow burn plots with lots of inner monologue within the characters, and a spooky house, give this one a try. Ultimately; this story wasn’t for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advanced ebook copy in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars rounded up for the palatability of this “horror.” I’ve never read this author before and horror isn’t my go-to genre, but I actually enjoyed this book and ripped right through it. I loved the setting- this mostly abandoned Italian town - made me excited for our upcoming vacation - I though I felt like the mystery aspect was pretty obvious and the dialogue was really cheesy, the story overall was interesting and engaging. Maybe that’s the trick for horror? If it doesn’t take itself too seriously, I can handle it more. I’d recommend this one to someone wanting to dip their toe into the genre and ok with exorcism/possession stories.

If House Hunters International and The Exorcist had a baby, it would be this book. If that sentence right there doesn't convince you to read this book, I don't know what else will!

This book started out a little slow, as the main characters move their lives across the pond and get settled in to their new home in Italy. I loved the graphic writing and it made me feel like I was right there in Italy. While a few unsettling moments made you think that something wasn't fully right with their new lives, it wasn't enough for me. I wasn't thinking this book would get crazy from the get go, but there was nothing really there that made me scared for these characters. I was expecting something like Paranormal Activity and I got a few creepy rats.

Things started picking up the last quarter or so of the book and I started enjoying this one a bit more. The rats got creepier, more things went bump in the night, and finally the ghosts showed up. I don't want to give away more with the ending, but literally the last few chapters moved this book from 3 stars to 4 stars for me. I just had higher hopes for this one and was a little let down. When you say a book is horror, it needs to bring the horror!

I ended up giving this one 4 stars.

Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.
Slowwwww burn. The Italian setting was cool but besides that, it seemed boring to me and that says a lot coming from someone who loves stories about haunted houses

This was a fun spooky read that had demon-infested rats, a haunted house, ghost exorcists and creepy catacombs…all in a beautiful hillside Sicilian villa!

I read my first of Golden’s many horror novels in 2022. It was All Hallows and I thought it punched above its weight for the genre with some smart plot twists. This is my second, and it was also really fun!

You know how it’s a common dream to up and leave your life and buy a villa in Italy, fix it up and live an idyllic life? I’d never do it, but even so I’ve been known to look at Italian real estate now and again. Castles seem so cheap! Well, turns out there may be a downside: perhaps your villa will be haunted, and there will be scary village secrets that no one told you about when you bought the beautiful fixer-upper. And might there be scary catacombs below the town? Yeah, probably.

When American couple Tommy and Kate buy a villa on a hilltop in the Sicilian village of Becchina in a town scheme to sell real estate cheaply to foreigners who can revitalize the area, they think they’ve found their own slice of heaven. But this old house holds a lot of evil in its walls, and it’s going to be a demon-fest of horror soon enough.

This time around, I also felt that Golden’s writing was excellent. I liked the plot! I won’t spoil it, because there were some story elements that completely surprised me. I also want to add that the author absolutely refused to use the most annoying plot device ever: miscommunication. This couple always kept each other in the loop, even when they disagreed completely. So refreshing!

The story is spooky; I always find the priest-exorcist trope kind of chilling. But the horror is not gory for the most part and I didn’t find it overly scary: it was more interesting than truly frightening. But be warned! If you don’t like enclosed spaces and rats, this will present a challenge for you.

I read this in one enjoyable day, and look forward to Golden's next book.

Thanks to @stmartinspress and @netgalley for a gifted copy.

This was a good read - I really enjoyed this book. I'm so glad that I got the chance to read it early and will definitely be recommending it to multiple people who enjoy these types of novels. I enjoyed the characters and especially enjoyed the writing by this author. I'm excited to see what the author comes out with next as I'll definitely be reading it! Thank you to the publisher for my early copy of this book!

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧
𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟑𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(3.5 rounded up to 4)

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for providing me with a #gifted copy of The House of Last Resort!

I very rarely read horror novels so this one was a bit out of my comfort zone. With that said, I did like it and I think it’s piqued my interest to continue to read more horror novels in the future! I went in blind, which was an also totally out of my comfort zone, but I actually recommend it for this one! It was so atmospheric and I actually liked the creepy haunted house vibes. I found it to be a slow burn until very close to the end (which I’m still not done processing!). It’s hard to share too much without giving away too many details, so if the description sounds like something you would like, definitely check this one out!

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Young married couple Kate and Tommy are leaving everything they have ever known behind and moving across the ocean to a small hill town in Sicily where Tommy's beloved grandparents live. They are participating in an incredible opportunity to purchase an abandoned house for 1 Euro in exchange for living in the town for 5 years and promising to spend money on updating the house.

The house in question? Not the cute row house they had originally looked at but a 15 bedroom mansion that the locals refer to as The House of Last Resort.

****** SPOILERS ******

Alright, first off... if it seems too good to be true then it probably is! You get a mansion for the same price as a tiny row house? You should do some research. This couple moves into this house without realising that there is an entire annex attached to the back of the house that the real estate agent didn't even tell them about. It's dark, and creepy, and has weird stains on the floor. I'd nope real hard outta there for sure.

So of course the house belonged to the church for centuries and was where people with serious demonic possession came as a "last resort" to save their souls. When the exorcisms failed, the bodies of the tortured souls were snuck down into the catacombs beneath the house and buried away out of sight of the sleepy town.

This concept of god and the devil was a new spin on our typical demon horror stories. I enjoyed the fast pace and the fact that our non believing couple kept trying to figure out what was going on.

The ending did fall a bit flat for me, just a stretch too far with the demon/rat monster chasing Tommy through the catacombs. It felt a bit cartoonish, where the possessed rats actually made me shudder.

The realisation that Tommy is now inhabited by a demon and the House of Last Resort will be reopened for excorsists to come and continue their work - creepily perfect. I kind of wanted more of Tommy's descent into the madness but I am weird like that so there ya go.

All in all - I would recommend if you like a horror book that will creep you out but not give you nightmares (at least it didn't to me)

I just finished The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden, I received an eARC from NetGalley.

Tommy and Kate Puglisi cannot wait to start their new adventure in Italy. They purchased a beautiful, sprawling manor house in the economically downtrodden Becchina, Italy for a single Euro. Even better, Tommy's family is originally from the area, and his Nonna and Nonno still live there. But when they move in, their dreams become a nightmare as the truth of the house comes to light-- and how it is entwined with Tommy's family history.

I really enjoyed this one; it was a slow burn horror. Golden's prose is beautiful as he juxtaposes the bright, sunny, vibrant town of Becchina with the dark, evil that lurks beneath it. The dread starts seeping in almost immediately upon Tommy and Kate's arrival to town, and the stakes just keep getting higher and higher. I really liked how Golden works in historical fiction, and doesn't shy away from the sins of the past. In some parts it's making us take a hard look in the mirror about exploitative tourism, and forces us to reckon with the humanity in tragedies of the past. Without any spoilers-- I also really loved the ending, I was frustrated with it in the moment, but if you let it marinate, it was just perfect.

What is the problem with the house Tommy and Kate bought in the Sicilian town where his family has lived for generations? They're determined to change their lives so the one euro deal and the ability to spend time with his uncle and grandparents seems just wonderful. But there's an earthquake even as they are still moving in, his Nonna is upset about the house, and Kate keeps feeling off. Golden has written a classic horror novel complete with an ancient curse of sorts and demons. And catacombs. I had a hard time visualizing the house and the annex (especially the annex) but the whole thing is very atmospheric. No spoilers from me for the twists, the first of which came as a surprise. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. Horror isn't my usual genre but I very much enjoyed Road of Bones, which I liked more than this but that's likely due to the setting. That said, the tension builds nicely and the end, well- it was a page turner for me.

After reading Road of Bones, I knew Christopher Golden was going to become an auto-buy author for me. I was ecstatic when I got an early copy of The House of Last Resort! I absolutely loved this book! A little town in Italy is offering houses for sale for 1 euro, with some stipulations. Tommy and Kate know this is the perfect situation for them, especially since Tommy has family there. But the house they buy has lots of dark secrets. And the town has catacombs that run underneath, filled with the dead. When Tommy's dying grandfather starts behaving oddly, that opens the flood gates for craziness! Ghosts, possessions, beautiful Italian town, and lots of secret exorcisms...it was an intense ride!

This was my first book by this author and it was definitely a wild ride. While I had no idea the turn this novel was going to take, overall I enjoyed the cliffhangers and fast pace of the story

Just could not get into this book. I did not feel any connection to any of the characters and thought they were entirely annoying. To come into a foreign country and think that you can single handedly fix it is wild. It was such a slowly progressing plot.

I absolutely loved Christopher Golden's previous novel "All Hallows," so when I heard he was writing a new book, I was so excited to read it.

"The House of Last Resort" was not as scary a horror book as I expected it to be. It was fascinating and exciting in the sense that a couple would move their whole lives from the U.S. to Sicily. Even more fascinating was the fact that the house they bought for only 1 euro has such a dark past.

However, I couldn't connect with the characters. It was bizarre to me how much I disliked them. I also did not find the scary parts to be that scary.

I was expecting more from this novel, but unfortunately, it did not deliver the results.

Thank you Minotaur Books Publisher for the eARC copy. All opinions expressed are mine alone.

This had a decent creep factor to it. I liked the ending and had trouble falling asleep after reading.

<b>[TW: Language, death of parent, dementia, gaslighting, toxic parent relationships, use of c-word, death of family, gory scenes, blood]</b>

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<b>About the book:</b>
Across Italy, there are many half-empty towns, nearly abandoned by those who migrate to the coast or to cities. The beautiful, crumbling hilltop town of Becchina is among them, but its mayor has taken drastic measures to rebuild—selling abandoned homes to anyone in the world for a single Euro, as long as the buyer promises to live there for at least five years. It’s a no-brainer for American couple Tommy and Kate Puglisi. Both work remotely, and Becchina is the home of Tommy’s grandparents, his closest living relatives.

It feels like a romantic adventure, an opportunity the young couple would be crazy not to seize. But from the moment they move in, they both feel a shadow has fallen on them. Tommy’s grandmother is furious, even a little frightened, when she realizes which house they’ve bought.

There are rooms in an annex at the back of the house that they didn’t know were there. The place makes strange noises at night, locked doors are suddenly open, and when they go to a family gathering, they’re certain people are whispering about them, and about their house, which one neighbor refers to as The House of Last Resort. Soon, they learn that the home was owned for generations by the Church, but the real secret, and the true dread, is unlocked when they finally learn what the priests were doing in this house for all those long years…and how many people died in the strange chapel inside.
<b>Release Date:</b> January 30th, 2024
<b>Genre:</b> Horror
<b>Pages:</b> 304
<b>Rating:</b> ⭐

<b>What I Liked:</b>
1. Love a good house on the hill cover
2. Some creepy scenes

<b>What I Didn't Like:</b>
1. Dialog between characters is so cheesy
2. Don't like Tommy and Kate
3. Plot holes
4. Boring
5. Certain parts they would just ramble about the same stuff that didn't matter

<b>Overall Thoughts:</b>
<small><b>{{Disclaimer: I write my review as I read}}</b></small>

<u><b><small>--------BOOK ONE: SEPTEMBER ABOVE--------</small></b></u>

The book starts off oddly criticizing people for not being able to just move to another country. It was weird. People don't move for lots of reasons; family, jobs, etc...

This whole time though I kept wondering what do these two do for money because I'm 30 pages and it still hasn't been mentioned.

Confused with why the author threw in that Kate has body dysmorphia. It seemed so out of place.

I hate how the author kept saying it was a generational thing that didn't want to stay in one place and work. That is not even true. Why say that it's a whole group of people born within like 12 years that feel that way. I know tons of people that like and enjoy setting down roots in one location. Why not just have the characters say that it was how <i>they</i> felt rather than a whole group on hundreds of thousands of people. It just kept annoying me. Almost like the couple were so judgy of other people who can't experience what they are doing.

Tommy tells Nonna she can speak Italian when they come to her house, but earlier in the morning when she came to his house he was yelling at her to speak English. Which one is it dude?

They hear a door slam shut but she decides to just put on her tank top and doesn't put pants on, even forgoing her thong (rolls eyes) and then Winnie Poohs it around the house when they are worried someone is in the house. Why?? What??

Oh and Tommy saying he's going to check out the sound and the fuse box, but doesn't bring a flashlight. How was he going to see anything? Tommy then proceeds to make fun of Kate for having her phones flashlight but that's not ridiculous.

So Kate is a piece of shit. She has body dysmorphia, is jealous of Franca, and
While Tommy is amazing and has zero negative things about himself.

Kate and Tommy remind me of those people that started diet and they have to tell everyone about how much better they are. I found it completely annoying how they kept pushing moving to Sicily on their friends.

Why is generation used to much in this book?

Katie sleeps in a thong - 3 times mentioned. You know because thongs are so comfortable to sleep in.

Okay so now they want to take over the whole tourist catacombs thing and not get paid for it. Quit their jobs (still what are their jobs?) They all just assume that this town that is struggling has the money to fix the catacombs enough to make them safe.

Kate has to the most agreeable person. They don't have arguments. He mentions doing something and she says of course.

The introduction of sleepwalking in a book is so weird. I just read about this in which the character started sleepwalking in a new house.

{RANT} I am sorry but I absolutely hate Tommy and Kate. They go about complaining about how their friends were never going to move to Italy and they knew it all along because they didn't have the guts. Honestly what is the selling point to this town? Because it's a ghost town that's dying off and the mayor is selling off the houses for super cheap. But what is the privilege that they think their friends can just quit their jobs and move their families to this dying town to live. I just don't get where these characters minds are. They sound so entitled it's sickening.I was absolutely annoyed with them and if they were my friends with their high and mighty attitude I'd kick them to the curb. Just because they have the privilege and the "jobs" to move to another country doesn't mean that everybody else has that privilege. Not only that but it's not like he moved to some town where he didn't even know anyone because his family lives there. So it's not like he's starting fresh like he didn't know anybody there he already has a leg up because he's been there, and his grandparents live there. He's asking people to move there who don't know anyone there and have never been there. {END RANT} Sorry I know it's just a book but these characters I've run into people that think like this.

I didn't understand the point of the grandmother being upset with them moving into The House of Last Resort, but then getting mad when Marcello tried to explain to them the history. Why was she so upset that she mad it clear that she was but then not want them to know why it was a bad place?

I don't even understand why Kate is even having a reaction to finding out that exorcism were performed in the house. She starts off the book saying she doesn't even believe in ghosts or anything Supernatural so why is she so bothered by learning this information.house

After learning about the house they then decide that they're going to have it become a tourist spot with the catacombs, but that makes little sense since they tore out everything that made the house the exorcism spot so they would have to make it look that way again I guess.

Super happy that Kate stood up Tommy and told him exactly what happened.

<u><b><small>--------BOOK TWO: OCTOBER BELOW--------</small></b></u>
So we just jump right into them doing the work on the catacombs. Belinda (Kate's friend) calls and their conversation bothered me. Not once does Kate ask her anything and it's just Belinda asking Kate question after question. I know we have to move the plot forward but books that have surface level friendship feel so pointless and boring. While I applaud the author for having a Black character why make it a trivial friend we'll most likely never hear from again? She then tells Belinda that there are Black people in her town and if she moved there she wouldn't have to have the same issues she faces in America. How removed is Kate that she thinks that a Black person moving to a small old fashion town in Europe would be less racist. Kate reminds me of the person that says they can't be racist because they have Black friends.

We spend way too many pages going over and over Tommy's grandfather dying. They just keep talking about when he is going to die, back to Kate not wanting to see him, and then he does and we talk about it some more.

Nothing happens. The scary parts (two close togetherl) happened around 100 pages. So you're just stuck reading about things that don't even matter.

The grandma saw a rat come out of her husband and now she thinks he is possessed. So they are going to bury him in the catacombs. We get this whole backstory on how when he was 12 he was one of the people who was possessed and they brought him to the house to try to get him an exorcism. And like this whole scenario isn't weird enough they have to bury his grandpa in their house under the floorboards. Which this whole scene was really confusing when they were describing why this had to happen. I'm not sure why he has to be buried there. He can't just be buried in the catacombs.

When the comtracter redid the annex how did she not notice there were stairs there

I guess his knee and ribs aren't hurting that badly. He's just able to get up and walk down all these stairs with the dumbest reasoning ever. His theory is that if he goes up the stairs he more likely to be crushed in another tremor than if he goes underground. That makes zero sense.

So Franca is working with the demon and the demon, Alberith. Alberith can only jump from bloodline to bloodline. Seems like a dumb way to continue as a demon because what if that person can't have kids or never does then you just go back to hell and have to wait on a new body. I wonder if you're in hell you would know who to take next. Also what is wrong with a fresh start anyways?

Franca explains the whole thing to him and he asks if she will let Kate go to which she replies "<i>probably</i>." Um no. I don't understand why they don't even try to fight back. There are two of them and yes she has a knife but getting a knife out of a persons hand isn't that difficult. He has zero guarantee that she will really let Kate go because honestly why would she? So he is like okay I'll trust this random lady that lied to us to get me here and hope this time she isn't lying.

Of course in Kate fashion she has Patrick help her but only after getting Tommy out of the tombs does she even tell Patrick that his husband is injured. She even tells him he'll be fine but that's far from the truth, because she said that Rohaan was messed up and hit his head badly when they first crashed.

Have I mentioned how much I hate Kate? She gets mad a Don Pino because he didn't keep them away from buying the house or warning them. They didn't care. They heard about the house shortly (two weeks after moving in) but they didn't care and just wanted it to be a tourist spot. She the gets mad again at the priest when he tells her he's not an exorcism priests and he doesn't know the prayer needed.

No happy ending for Tommy and Kate. I am not bothered by this. They are horrible.

<b>Final Thoughts:</b>
I suppose when I read about what this book was I assumed that it was a book that dealt with a house that had a history that no one wanted to even come into the house, but that's not what this was. The grandmother puts up a fuss in the beginning and then they work on the house like it's nothing.

I was so bored. Nothing happens in this book and it's all just talking and talking. There are a few "jump scares" but for the most part it's just people talking about the house and things that could happen. You actually hear more about things that have happened then read about them happening in the now of the book. I struggled to finish this book. I almost dnfed so many times but then I got 215 pages into the book before I just skimmed the ending.

I left this book with lots of questions. If Franca knew the demon wanted Tommy why wouldn't they have just worked for her to kill the grandfather faster so he could get to Tommy. Why just keep waiting as his body fell apart? Why not just take his body when Tommy was young? Who opened the door to the Annex? Did Franca open the door? Why couldn't the rats get out once the door was opened? Couldn't the rats just chew through the side of the house - they're rsts and rats can chew through a lot of stuff.

This book is perfect if you don't like reading about anything happening but enjoy knowing things happened. Unfortunately for me I like being shown not told about it. The ending finally gives you some stuff that happens, but it takes so long to get to a point where anything happens.

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Having DNFed both of the other books I tried to read by this author, I was wary going into this one, but the premise just sounded so good. I have to give credit to the fact that this one actually kept me engaged for the most part. Yes, it was a slow build (at least for the majority of the book), but the moments of tension and creepiness were enough to keep me interested and wanting to know what was going to happen.

I do think the slow build kind of falls apart when we very suddenly reach the climax of the story. It felt abrupt and kind of over-the-top and cheesy. So, in the end I found this to be entertaining, but not at the top of my list if I were recommending horror books or haunted house stories.

I do want to add that I appreciate the author actually having the characters react to the weird stuff going on, rather than fully ignoring it and having them be like “oh it’s probably nothing” at every turn.

Thanks to the publisher for granting me access!

Calling all haunted house lovers! This one is perfectly creepy! Tommy and Kate agreed have made a deal of a lifetime. They move from the US to Italy after buying an abandoned home for just 1 euro. In an effort to rebuild and draw new people to a small town the mayor had offered anyone to buy a house for the small amount as long as they agree to fix it up! Who wouldn’t want to do this? Italy, romantic journey, maybe even possible to make some money back! That is where their heads were at when they agreed but as you can maybe guess it didn’t go as planned. Shortly after moving in they experience odd feelings, noises, and doors now unlocked that weren’t. And the worst part… they’ve seemed to upset grandma. Not just upset, she’s angry they agreed to this house. At a party everyone is whispering about the house and then and the dark history of the house comes to light. The House of Last Resort has secrets buried deep underground and it’s shocking to hear just what was happening by the priests tied to this Church turned house. Don’t go too deep into the house…you never know what you’ll find!

I thought this was a solid haunted house story filled with demons, buried graves, ghosts and haunted possessions. I love to think about the old bones and history of this haunted story. The paranormal activity was solid and I think the author did an amazing job painting the picture and giving imagery of the eery depths of this house. In fact, that is what I loved the most. The setting! My second favorite thing was the creepiness between Nonna, the grandma and Kate! Yes! There is just something about that scene where is upped the scare factor and I’m here for it! This was a first for me by this author and definitely enjoyed it! Can’t wait to see what he comes up with next!