A House at the Bottom of a Lake

A House at the Bottom of a Lake by Josh Malerman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

She’d heard of people, adults usually, intentionally turning a good thing into a bad thing. When things were going good, adults liked to ruin them. Her own mom called it a ‘self-fulfilling prophecy.’ And you did it to prove to yourself that it wasn’t so good to begin with.”

When 17 years James meets Amelia at his dad's Hardware store, they fell in love, and both been attracted to each other they decided to go on a first date. Instead of going on a typical first date two 17-year-olds go, They decided to venture out on a lake in a canoe with the expectation to enjoy. But the sweet date changed to an exciting adventure when they found a hidden lake behind two lakes and it is not just a lake, it's a lake with a house at the bottom.
This is one unique book with a mixture of horror, mystery, thriller, and fantasy element and the entire story is full of eerie, haunted vibes that I could not stop reading the book.
Also, this is my first reading of Josh Malerman's books, and I enjoyed the author's writing style, the setting, and the world-building a lot. He was able to build this mysterious world in readers' minds with the full of ominous.
But the ending was a little bit disappointing and I wished this could be a pure horror novel instead of more fantasy.
I will be definitely picking more books from the author in the future and highly recommend this book if you like Fantasy/YA genre.

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