CommonBookSense: Book Review: Beneath Claire's House (Corey J. Popp)

Beneath Claire's House

by: Corey J. Popp

Genres: Horror, Paranormal, Thriller, Young Adult

Sixteen-year-old Claire Young is tormented by a recurring, prophetic nightmare and visitations from gruesome, mutilated ghosts. She's convinced the apparitions intend to harm her widowed father, but there's little she can do locked away in Saint Thomas Psychiatric Hospital. Her situation is hopeless until a mysterious priest delivers the name of a man who may be the only one willing to help. Claire launches a daring scheme that leads her and her best friend to a former paranormal investigator.

But the matter is complicated by Claire's own father. Convinced his daughter is schizophrenic, he'll send Claire back to Saint Thomas permanently if he discovers she’s still clinging to her delusions. Claire and her friends must tread lightly to complete the investigation, but amid bizarre twists and chilling encounters, she’ll discover her home's basement is hiding something far more sinister than just ghosts.

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Claire has been through more than most of us could ever imagine....and she's only sixteen years old. After the death of her mother, she began being terrorized by ghosts....the scary kind of ghosts that would make anyone experiencing them question their sanity. She's convinced that they are trying to harm her father, but vocalizing that to him lands her in a psychiatric hospital. How in the world is she going to be able to save her dad when she's locked away?!?!?!? That in itself would have made an awesome plot, but believe me when I say that the twists and turns in this book are unlike anything you've read before.

Beneath Claire's House definitely didn't lack in the suspense department. It's the kind of book that keeps you on the edge of your seat up until the very end. I must admit that I did quite a bit of speculation as to what Claire's ghosts wanted from her, but boy was I way off!

Corey J. Popp is a very talented writer and has left me wanting to read more of his work.