Twenty years ago, the mysterious death of his aunt left Aaron Holbrook orphaned and alone. He abandoned his rural Arkansas hometown vowing never to return, until his seven-year-old son died in an accident, plunging Aaron into a nightmare of addiction and grief. Desperate to reclaim a piece of himself, he returns to the hills of his childhood, to Holbrook House, where he hopes to find peace among the memories of his youth. But solace doesn't come easy. Someone--or some thing --has other plans. Like Aaron, Holbrook House is ...
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Twenty years ago, the mysterious death of his aunt left Aaron Holbrook orphaned and alone. He abandoned his rural Arkansas hometown vowing never to return, until his seven-year-old son died in an accident, plunging Aaron into a nightmare of addiction and grief. Desperate to reclaim a piece of himself, he returns to the hills of his childhood, to Holbrook House, where he hopes to find peace among the memories of his youth. But solace doesn't come easy. Someone--or some thing --has other plans. Like Aaron, Holbrook House is but a shell of what it once was, a target for vandals and ghost hunters who have nicknamed it "the devil's den." Aaron doesn't believe in the paranormal--at least, not until a strange boy begins following him wherever he goes. Plagued by violent dreams and disturbing visions, Aaron begins to wonder if he's losing his mind. But a festering darkness lurks at the heart of Holbrook House...a darkness that grins from within the shadows, delighting in Aaron's sorrow, biding its time.
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The book really does take a while to get into, with the first maybe 60% composed mostly of glimpses at what's to come inbetween massive inner monologues and character development that comes off as though it needed slimmed down a bit. This is very quickly made up for in the latter half of the book, when things really spiral. The depiction of what the main character is experiencing is just absolutely phenomenal. The rollercoaster of haunting imagery at times that all just seems to collapse back into reality, further driving him mad is just awesomely described and I couldn't get enough of it. I definitely plan on coming back to give this a reread at some point.