It Will Just Be Us
A Novel
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3.2 • 6 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A terrifying supernatural thriller about two sisters and a haunted house that never sleeps—perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“A triumph of gothic fiction. Haunting and addictive . . . A must-read for horror fans.” —Darcy Coates, USA Today Bestselling author
They say there's a door in Wakefield that never opens...
Sam Wakefield's ancestral home, a decaying mansion built on the edge of a swamp, isn't a place for children. Its labyrinthine halls, built by her mad ancestors, are filled with echoes of the past: ghosts and memories knotted together as one. In the presence of phantoms, it's all Sam can do to disentangle past from present in her daily life.
But when her pregnant sister Elizabeth moves in after a fight with her husband, something in the house shifts. Already navigating her tumultuous relationship with Elizabeth, Sam is even more unsettled by the appearance of a new ghost: a faceless boy who commits disturbing acts—threatening animals, terrorizing other children, and following Sam into the depths of the house wielding a knife. When it becomes clear the boy is connected to a locked, forgotten room, one which is never entered, Sam realizes this ghost is not like the others. This boy brings doom...
As Elizabeth's due date approaches, Sam must unravel the mysteries of Wakefield before her sister brings new life into a house marked by death. But as the faceless boy grows stronger, Sam will learn that some doors should stay closed--and some secrets are safer locked away forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sam Wakefield, the narrator of this rich, dense supernatural thriller from the pseudonymous Kaplan (Dark Carnival writing as Joanna Parypinski), has returned to Wakefield Manor, the decaying family mansion on the edge of Virginia's Great Dismal Swamp, after suffering a traumatic assault. Unfortunately for her, the house is filled with "the agonies of ghostly lives playing out on a dusty stage, the callous whispers of betrayal and the succor of revenge; creatures ineffable and unfamiliar... having come from either the distant past or the impenetrable future." After Elizabeth, Sam's heavily pregnant sister, comes to the manor following a fight with her husband, Sam begins having visions of a faceless boy who tortures small animals. Is he a manifestation of what her unborn nephew will become? Can she alter his destiny? Then the faceless boy leads her to a locked room that's never entered. This well-crafted story unfolds smoothly, then bends back on itself as it creates disturbing distortions of reality. Horror fiction fans will also want to check this one out.
