103. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
I’ve read a number of books by Jennifer McMahon and I feel like I keep chasing the high I got from the first book I read by her, Don’t Breathe a Word, which I absolutely loved. None of her other books have quite measured up for me, and this book was no exception. This book takes place in a small town in Vermont where a couple has moved and is building a house on land that is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a witch named Hattie who was killed there in the 1920s. Meanwhile their teenage neighbor is trying to scare them into leaving so she can continue searching the land for the treasure Hattie is rumored to have buried there before her death in the hopes that it will help lure her mother back to town. As usual for McMahon’s books this is a mix of the supernatural and human mystery that leaves you wondering what to believe is real. I give it a 6 out of 10.