The story had good potential, but fell a little flat for me. It was a little too predictable. The husband never believes the wife, everyone always thinks the woman in crazy. The parts where she was getting answers had a good spooky vibe. Thank you netgalley and poisoned pen press for the chance to read it in advance.

Emily and her husband Josh move to a farm in Nebraska but Emily keeps having creepy experiences with the barn on the property and Josh is not keen on believing her. I did enjoy this and it kept me waffling between whether Emily was truly crazy or ghosts were haunting her. This wasn’t a favorite but it’s a decent read.

I liked the writing style and the story had potential. There were a lot of repetitive scenes and characters that were positively infuriating. My main question is, if a grown man knew what was happening on this farm, why did he do absolutely nothing about it? It felt like the whole point of any male character in this book was to be condescending, misogynistic, and useless. There were scenes that felt like they served no purpose to the story. And the ending was wrapped up so quickly and tidy it left me sitting there wondering what just happened.

The cover and premise of this book are fantastic! The execution however felt extremely flat for me. Emily and her husband Josh have lost Emily’s mom recently and decide to uproot their life from San Fran to Nebraska. They buy a beautiful farmhouse in a field but there’s a crumbling barn on the property also and then lease they farmland back to the farmers. Weird things happen in the barn, lights turn on with no bulbs, Emily’s mom’s music plays loudly at night, and it seems to move around the property. I was Hoping for a haunted property/house story but there was too much going on for any of it to engage me. We get mention of a missing girl but then don’t hear about it again until the end; there’s “clues” mentioned and never wrapped up, and the story seemed to run in circles, no pun intended. Overall disappointed in this one. Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced copy.

I don’t know how I felt about this one. The story was compelling enough to keep me reading, but at times I felt the writing style was too juvenile. I enjoyed the mystery aspect, and I did want to finish the book. Maybe this one just wasn’t for me.

Thank you for sending me the arc of this book!
A slow start with a pretty decent payoff! Contact has a book oozing with mystery— perfect for thriller fans! While this book was enjoyable, I struggled to connect with the mc. I’m sure there’s someone who could connect with her and this story much more. I was hoping for something just a little bit deeper and darker! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Farmhouse is a gripping thriller that leaves readers on the edge of their seats, combining atmospheric tension with well-paced suspense.
In conclusion, “The Farmhouse " is a must-read for fans of thrillers. it offers a thrilling ride from start to finish. If you enjoy psychological twists and a story that keeps you questioning what’s real, this book will undoubtedly keep you up long into the night.

The Farmhouse was a DNF for me. I really wanted to enjoy it but what I read left me confused and wondering what was happening.

Chelsea Conradt’s The Farmhouse is a gripping thriller that masterfully combines a secluded setting with relentless, nerve-wracking action. The story follows Emily, who seeks a fresh start in a farmhouse, only to find her sanctuary unraveling as inexplicable events unfold—like the barn seemingly shifting locations. Conradt’s storytelling keeps readers on edge, delivering unexpected twists that make this novel hard to put down. As author Kate Wiley notes, it’s “a triumphantly creepy novel that you’ll want to keep in your freezer when you go to sleep.”

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an advance reader copy of this compelling book.

I found this to be a little slow moving.

If you keep with it, there's definitely some payoff in the end and a mostly satisfying conclusion.

Had the book been tightened a bit, I would have found it a bit eerier. My issue was that the eerie bits kept getting interrupted by running updates (like physically running) and the RELATIONSHIP. I hated the RELATIONSHIP and the way that issue resolved was like a weird throwaway.

The book has potential and the eerie bits prove that the author can write. I just needed something with a little more movement (except the running - that was a lot).

For a fraidy cat like me, this book was definitely one that kept me up at night! In fact, towards the end I stopped reading it at night because I was freaking myself out too much. This author is great at setting a mood and creating a creep atmosphere. I enjoyed the main character's quirky personality and the ways in which we got to see her processing the loss of her mother.

This was just okay! A decent debut but not a standout for me. I know book marketing isn't generally in the author's control, but this is not a thriller. It's much too slow and internal. Psychological suspense? Psychological horror? Great. But thriller it is not, and that expectation I had was not met and therefore this wasn't the best reading experience! But if you know that going in, it could work for you.

This was a mixed bag for me. It is a thriller with a lot of good potential but I think it was more focused on the imagery and vibes than the strongest plot. It's not a bad read at all and I had a good time, but there were missed opportunities to offer more suspense or character development that I feel like were missed and then a lot was pushed and rushed at the end. I think the ending itself was pretty satisfying though.

Unfortunately this is just a no for me. I don't really have many notes... I'm genuinely confused at what this was supposed to be as far as the plot and storyline.

Thank you for the ARC copy of this book!

I really enjoyed this book and read it in a day. I couldn't wait to get to the end to find out what happened!

I would have liked a little bit more information on what happened to the main character at the end!

The storyline grabbed my attention straight away. I thought it was a book completely up my street. However it did fall a little flat for me part way through. It is an atmospheric thriller and i really enjoyed that about it, it felt very eerie at parts and i loved that. Emilys character was very well written but i just felt as the book neared the end the story was a bit rushed, more detail could have been added. All in all a good thriller 3🌟
📚I was able to read an advanced copy of title thanks to NetGalley, Chelsea Conradt and Poisoned Pen Press📚
📚All reviews and opinions are entirely my own📚

The farmhouse started out string, but felt the ending was a little rushed. Overall, it has a creepy paranormal vibe, which i enjoyed.
I loved Emily's character in the defining. She was funny, playful, and humorous. She looses it quickly as the book progresses. Kinda wish she would have ke0t some of her original characteristics.

I DNF'd. The premise looks great and I love the cover art as well.
This is absolutely within my favourite genre and generally seemed like something I'd enjoy.

However I found the writing very clunky. The timeline seemed to skip forward months or weeks for no apparent reason but the FMCs mood and anxieties would stay relatively the same, like it being weeks later didn't clear the air or add to the tension in any way.

The relationship between Josh and Emily seemed off. There were random times they were horny as hell for each other for no real reason, we are repeatedly told about them christening the bed and the rooms of the house (as far as I got this isn't spicy though). It doesn't add to the story.
Then things would get suddenly tense over really silly little things. Or one time josh answered "fine" which caused problems for Emily "as it always did" things like this happen multiple times but we, the reader, are not given any indication that there are or have been any issues in the marriage- quite the opposite. So why the huge tension between them over innocuous things?
Why is josh so pressed about non specific teasing from workmates ostensibly solely for moving to a farm (that teasing makes no sense either, to me).
The couple just seem really hot and cold on each other at random.

Emily repeatedly makes choices that make zero sense. There's also the sudden "sea sickness" caused apparently by Nebraska being flat? Compared to SF which isn't. She even throws up because of it. As someone in SF that is from a flat place originally I couldn't suspend my belief for this one.

Emily lives on a farm, rents the land back to the farmers. Even months in to living there and working from home she doesn't meet any of them. This leads to her hiding in a cornfield when she hears two of them nearby, rather than running past them.

Almost every page something pulled me completely out of the story. I DNF'd and I'm sad about it because I wanted to love this but horror like this requires atmosphere to work and if I couldn't get two pages without going "wait, what?" And having to flip back then it wasn't going to work for me. YMMV.

After Emily's mom passes away, she and Josh move to a farm in Nebraska for a fresh start. It seems like they were embarking on the life they dreamed of together. But, something is just not quite right with the barn - it appears to move. It holds secrets. It's dangerous. Emily knows this, tells Josh but he doesn't believe her. He blames her grieving the loss of her mother and insomnia. He ignores it until he just can't anymore and FINALLY sees that Emily's right. But is it too late?

I honestly don’t know what I just read. The story line was great. It grabbed me, The book’s name and the cover of the book. I was so excited to read this but it fell so flat for me.
I didn’t understand why the barn was part of the story all it ever told us was there was lights ,music and the distance from the house to the barn would change. Honestly that was really annoying.
Is the story about a haunted barn or a ghost story, I don’t know. So when it revealed everything about why the barn moved I rolled my eyes.
There were also questions unanswered. Like the hair clip it was mentioned twice and then nothing ever became of it. Then the disappearance of a teenager was mentioned then nothing was said about her till the end. Also why did the boys keep killing other women after they killed Bridget and what really happened to Alice?
The Ending was the best part! Good riddance to Josh! He mad me so mad!