The September House

The September House by Carissa Orlando

Book Review by Rachael from the Altona Branch

When Margaret and her husband Hal first see the old Victorian house for sale at such a good price, they know the walk through will just be a formality. The realtor discloses that there has been a murder, but it happened a hundred years ago, and in their excitement for the house, Hal and Margaret don't pay much attention when she discloses that all of the other deaths were deemed natural. Finally becoming homeowners after a lifetime of dreaming about it, they are ecstatic. 

After they move in, they start noticing small disturbances, then September comes and the small disturbances ramp up. Most people would flee in terror, but not Margaret. She is not like most people, her attitude is that there are rules to these things, and everything is survivable. Nothing is going to chase her out of her dream house. Hal on the other hand is less inclined to stay. He begs Margaret to leave with him after living there for three Septembers and refuses to go. A month before the fourth September, Hal disappears. Their daughter soon realizes that something is very wrong as she cannot contact her father and her mother keeps making excuses. When Margaret realizes she cannot keep her daughter away any longer, she prepares to calm the house down as much as possible.. after all, it is September, and she knows what they are in for. 

I really enjoyed this story, even though it is a horror story and there is a lot of horror elements, I found some parts to be quite comical. I completely understood why Margaret refused to leave and her sunshiny attitude was quite funny in such a setting of terror. All the characters in the book were interesting and the way it was written to just tease out a little more of the story at a time made it a very pleasurable read. If you enjoy a good scary story with some gore splattered throughout you will want to read this book. 

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