Rating: 
Summary: Really, really bad.
Review: WARNING: CONTAINS PLOT SPOILERS.This book looked great--I'm always up for an "evil house" book, cliched as they may be. However, as other reviewers here have pointed out, the cover image, plot summary, and even the title of this atrocity are misleading. The multiple grammatical and proofreading errors are annoying, but not nearly as dismal as the story itself. The plot ends with a cult, in an underground cave, summoning their goddess to receive her human sacrifices. The goddess has feathers and a beak...in my mind, a giant chicken. She sucks people's brains out of their heads, which apparently makes a popping noise and causes their skulls to deflate. Really. This sounds delightfully cheesy, but unfortunately it's not even laughable. Really, really painful.
Rating:
Summary: This plot has been done better.
Review: Yet another young-couple-in-a-haunted-house story, but Giron adds one too many twists. A secret cult is an interesting idea, but poorly explained and badly used. The ghosts of the house aren't important to the story, which is a disappointment. And Lydia wins the prize for guillible wife of the year, she ignores the truth despite many warning signs. The characterization is sloppy, one of the bad guys turns over a new leaf for no real reason despite a lifetime of plotting. The ending is horrible, and Giron's prose style actually makes me embarassed for her. She describes a river as, "darkly hoarding secrets beneath its glimmering veneer." I am not joking. Avoid this one.
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