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Much like the Hollow seduced and charmed the Naremores at first, so was I seduced by An English Ghost Story. Living in the Hollow has a fairy tale idyllic quality everything is perfect and the family, Steven, Kirsty, Jordan and Tim are happier than they were in the city. Being in the Hollow has mended the fractures in their family or so it seems. But of course, that is a temporary state. There are charming, magical quirks they encounter in their exploration of the house, which they recognize as straight out the famous children's books the house's former owner wrote. Touches of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Edith Nesbith a particular genre of British, WWII-era writers that will be familiar and immediately recognizable. Living in the Hollow, in fact, seems like out of an idealized children's book, but with sinister shadows hovering just out of scene. The honeymoon period with the house begins to dissipate as more and more alarming episodes occur. Told from 3rd person perspectives of each of the family members, the readers look on in horror as each one progresses from loving to resentful to murderous. Is the house taking each of their worst qualities and amplifying it or was this last-ditch effort at togetherness a failure before it even began? Will this family survive the house and each other?