Can’t Wait Wednesday: We Used to Live Here

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Adult, Horror/Thriller, Standalone

eBook, Hardcover, Audiobook, 320 Pages

June 18, 2024 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Blurb:

Get Out meets Parasite in this eerily haunting debut and Reddit hit—soon to be a Netflix original movie starring Blake Lively—about two homeowners whose lives are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit.

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.

As soon as the strangers enter their home, uncanny and inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family—or is Eve just imagining things?

Why I Want to Read This Book:

This sounds like the perfect set up for a horror movie and book. If a stranger came to the door saying they used to live there and wanted to look around for old times’ sake, would you let them in? I know I sure wouldn’t! (And not just because the last owner of my house is dead and it was a doctor’s office before that… I’ve got enough ghosts hanging around!) But when the visiting party’s child goes missing and ghostly things start happening? I’m riveted. Plus if they’re making a Netflix movie and Blake Lively (one of my favorite actresses) is in it then I simply must check out the book. Hopefully the library waitlist isn’t too long!

Will you be checking this book out? What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?