The Hauntingnof Abney Heights.

Here we have in part the curious tale of two women, thrust together living in an asylum, not knowing who they could trust, what was real, or even if they were crazy.

Fast forward a hundred years and Abney Heights is being turned into posh apartments, this is where we meet our current time main character Meg, she's researching the genealogy of some of the patients of the asylum at the request of one of their descendants.

You see a hundred years before two young women died on the same day, and while it was ruled suicide their families were left to wonder.

As we cross time in this dual perspective we see how much has changed in the world for women, our thoughts, our ability to love even our ability to speak for ourselves.

Lucy and Ella have seen in their ways the very best and worst of humanity but one of them is the darkest form of evil and I was shocked by the reveal.

As I got to the end of this book I have to say I was horrified, I don't even know how to process what I just finished reading.

To say I enjoyed this book seems odd because of the subjects revealed at the end, I was intrigued by it in the beginning and it did keep me invested in the story, I just wasn't prepared for how utterly dark and twisted this book is.

I have to say the writing is well done it is witty and there are moments I thoroughly loved, I have a feeling I'd have loved those cats, and I'm glad our present-time characters walked away the way they did, this one just has me feeling rattled and not sure if there shouldn't have been some trigger warnings listed.

I will also say this should in my opinion be listed as paranormal, there wasn't much that would make it a thriller, or at least what I consider a thriller to be.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for providing a copy of this book. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really hope this score and review don't hurt my ability to get books from Net Valley but I had to be honest, I truly did enjoy this book until about the 90% mark and that reveal just made me queasy and angry at the same time.

If anyone has questions as to what specific things I had issues with I'd be happy to discuss them. after thinking about it if I could give this one 3.5 stars I would.