by Sonja Condit
From the moment Lacey sees the dilapidated house, she is hooked. She has to have it. She can picture her and Eric's future family inside the house. Everything seems perfect. Except, in true haunted house story fashion, it's not. Eric and Lacey move into the house but they aren't quite alone. T...
I selected this book because the synopsis intrigued me and I remember reading "The House Next Door" by Anne Rivers Siddons and "The Shining" by Stephen King as a teenager and being freaked out for days after finishing those books. "Starter House" had a great premise and started off very strong but I...
By the time I had read only two pages I hated the two main characters, Lacey and her husband Eric. He seemed like a jerk and she was just plain annoying. I kept reading the book to see if they changed any. At first they didn't, but then slowly I began to like Lacey and feel sorry for her. Pretty muc...
Starter House is more sad than terrifying. This is due to the tragedy that occurred within the house as much as it is to Lacey’s overwhelming desire for her own idea of the perfect marriage. That she has lasting issues from her nomadic childhood is obvious from the very beginning and tinge a reader’...