Eventide by Mae Clair

Eventide is a great haunted house-book. The suspense is build up greatly at the start, which made me sit on the edge of my chair for quite some time. I really had difficulty to put it down, which I had to if I wanted to sleep at night.

Unfortunately things flattened for a bit around the middle, at least, for the part that took place in the past. The brilliant pace of events and creepyness did not keep up there. However, they did keep up in the parts of the present day, so it was very easy to read on. Somehow I found Hollande's name a bit ... cringey. It will probably have been an existing name in the area where the story took place, but it's just weird to read a story about someone who is named after a part of your country, and the name made her come across as a snotty whining woman at the start, to me at least. I think I'd personally have gone for a name that's a bit more neutral, for lack of a better word. That is a minor thing, however, I think it's good to realize names can have influence on how a character is perceived.

The ending was well thought out, and I love how not all of the problems were resolved in the same couple of pages, which happens quite often. That made the pacing more realistic than it would otherwise have been, and kept the suspence going exactly like it should have been.

I received a free copy through Netgalley in return for an honest review.