Review originally posted http://bookalicious.org/2012/05/revie...

The Whispering House by Rebecca Wade started off as an interesting mystery that quickly delved into legit creepiness that had me turning on more lights, but unfortunately ended on a rather dull note.

First off, let me start by saying it appears that The Whispering House is a companion/sequel to another book by Rebecca Wade, The Theft and the Miracle. Which makes a whole lot of sense now because there were things referenced in The Whispering House that I didn’t understand – and the main character, Hannah, was explained to have these amazing drawing abilities, but I didn’t think it was really explored enough. But now I guess I didn’t get it because it was explored more in the first book. I wish I had known that before I started reading The Whispering House.

Nonetheless, none of that really detracted from the story. Which was awesome. And legitimately creepy in a lot of parts, which I didn’t necessarily expect. I thought the ghost story in The Whispering House unraveled very well – there were a lot of very creepy elements and I have to say, Hannah was much braver than I am, apparently. I would have run screaming from the house probably immediately, but Hannah stuck it out, and was determined to solve the mystery with the help of Sam.

The ending of The Whispering House, unfortunately, was a bit lack-luster. I didn’t think it was as strong as the rest of the book, and was definitely kind of a let down in terms of what Hannah had believed it was going to be. I feel like it happened too quickly, almost. But I loved the foreshadowing that was done throughout The Whispering House – that was very well done.

Overall, I did enjoy The Whispering House by Rebecca, despite being let down by the ending. And I will be checking out the first book in this series, The Theft and the Miracle, because I’m very curious to understand all the references that were made.