The Witch House
By: DeAnna Knippling
Genre: Middle Grade, Horror
Number of Pages: 213
Published: February 25, 2024
Publisher: Wonderland Press
Dates Read: June 29. 2024 - July 2, 2024
Format: eBook

There is a witch in town and she’s causing trouble. Jayla and her new friend, Lola must work together to save both of their families from being replaced.

This book is definitely a bit different – almost experimental in a way to be honest. It’s told in alternative journal entries between Jayla and Lola and sometimes it’s real entries and sometimes they’re fake. With all that, sometimes I didn’t know exactly what was going on, but that was kind of the whole point (it’s even mentioned at the end that they know it’s confusing, but it’s how it happened).

There were scenes where it was a little confusing what was happening, but if I slowed down a bit and read it – even if it was a faster paced scene – I could “see” everything (and all the horror).

Overall, I think Middle Grade readers will really enjoy the engagement this novel has – adults will too, but Knippling does an excellent job at writing for her audience for sure.
*Thank you LibraryThing and DeAnna Knippling for a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review (I’m sorry it took me a minute to get to it!!)