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I bought this book on a whim from Bookoutlet. You can find the best obscure books from there. It’s a YA horror what more do you want. The book sat on my shelves collecting dust for about 4 years. I decided to pick it up two weeks ago and I’m very glad I finally did. 4 stars!

Daemon Hall reminded me of several books I’ve read in the past: Welcome to the Dark House, Shadow House and other various haunted house books and movies.

At the beginning you learn of a contest being held by famous horror writer, Ian Tremblin. The contest is to search for the next great scary story writer. Just like the five lucky children to find Wonka’s Golden Tickets, 5 lucky teens will win a writing contest and have a chance for their story to be published.

The 5 contestants are from Maplewood the town were the infamous haunted mansion Daemon Hall sits. Legend tells that a man goes mad after building the home and murders his family and then himself in the house.

The five finalists must spend the night sharing their winning stories with their fellow writers and the master of The macabre himself Mr. Tremblin, in the haunted house. Will all five make it out alive? Who is the lucky winner?

I found each kids story to be very interesting and creepy. Better than the stories told by the want to be writers of Chuck Palahniuk“Haunted� novel.

This was a very fun and easy read full of eerie short stories within a larger eerie story. This is the first book in a duology. I fortunately have both books and I can’t wait to pick up the sequel “Return to Farmon Hall�.