I read this book via an audio book, so my experience might be different than others. Overall the story felt all over the place. It seemed a mix between a horror and suspense but never really settling on just one. It sometimes felt like the author was trying to hit many points instead of just focusing on making one really big splash. 
     Are we solving a son’s murder? Dealing with a gothic house? A love story? I don’t know …

Speaking of ‘love stories’ … all the … intimate scenes were just awkward. I wanted to fast froward on my audio book to make it move on. 
      I did finish the book, so there is a point for that… but overall it was very unimpressionable. I was bored. I never grew to care what happened to the characters probably because I didn’t like them. It’s possible to care about characters the reader doesn’t like … just need a little bit of work from the author.
        And again, not to harp on a single point… but as other reviewers also mentioned, we were trying to jam too many cliches into a single story. The pieces separately weren’t bad, but jammed all together is what made the overall story messy, boring and hard to get through. Sadly, a pass for me.