Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror #1) by Karina Halle → Start Date: March 25, 2013

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Gisbelle and I are ready for a scary story!

It's free on Smashwords (and possibly barnes and noble!)

So, join us if you dare :D

[Gisbelle]

lol... Boo!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

smashwords link here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

right!?! LOL! I can't wait!

[Gisbelle]

I am ready to be scared out of my socks!

[Gisbelle]

wow, there are so many books in this series.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol! I know! I hope it's good. It'd be nice to have a series of scary books to pick up anytime :)

did you see...same author as

I have that one too ;)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

squeeee! I'm so excited for a scary story.

I plan to start this tonight, after it gets darker :D

probably about 4 hours or so. Does that sound okay?
and I'll check back every 5 chapters?

my husband is working tonight so I'm going to have more time to read than usual.

[Gisbelle]

I love reading/watching scary stuff after dark :) I finished chapter 1, the last page was a bit scary lol...

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

alright, I'm ready to start this one! woohoo! :D

[Gisbelle]

Great! I just started chapter 2.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

OMG is this book really set in Oregon?!?!! yay!

[Vicki]

Free on Barnes & Noble for the NOOK too, so I'm jumping in too! Lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

WOOHOO!!! ALL the reviews talk about how scary it is!

I just got my youngest down so I'm plugging in the kindle and getting into the story! :D I'll be back in about an hour to check in lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

wow, it's pretty spooky. I'm just starting chapter 4

for the record, however, (since I live in Oregon), to the best of my undestanding - all lighthouses in Oregon are National or State property except 2 privately owned, and they are on the California end of Oregon....not near Cannon Beach..

BUT, Cannon Beach is where they filmed Goonies - if that gives you a reference of our Beach weather and fog

ahhhh, I love reading books that are located in Oregon :D

[Vicki]

I LOVED the description of the old lady in the lobby. I think she might be a Red Hatter! Lol

[Gisbelle]

Vicki wrote: "I LOVED the description of the old lady in the lobby. I think she might be a Red Hatter! Lol"

That was so creepy.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Lol Vicki!!

[Gisbelle]

I'm in chapter 5. I might stop there. This book is really scary. And I love the humor also :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Wow. Chapter 4 was intense lol

[Gisbelle]

right? The part that she got stuck there alone was so creepy. I would never walk in there alone even during daytime. I'm curious who that guy really was and where he went. He couldn't just disappear like that.

[Vicki]

He could if he were an apparition. We should've read THIS one for Halloween Gis!! Lol

[Gisbelle]

Vicki wrote: "He could if he were an apparition. We should've read THIS one for Halloween Gis!! Lol"

Yes, we should have. That "The Shining" book was not that scary :(

[Gisbelle]

I just finished chapter 7.

The scene when the elevator door opened (view spoiler)[ really scared me. Imagine if it happened to us. Eeeep... (hide spoiler)]

Dex (view spoiler)[ I still think there is something wrong with him. maybe he has personality disorder or something. Creepy. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

I'm still behind but I'm starting on it again. I'm digging it!

[Gisbelle]

Vicki wrote: "I'm still behind but I'm starting on it again. I'm digging it!"

no worries :) I am digging it too :D

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

okay, I'm in chapter 8 (planning to stop at chapter 10 and then pick it back up tonight)

and wow, Dex is a little gruff. I agree with Gisbelle above (view spoiler)[ there is definitely something off with him (hide spoiler)]

and this girl's dreams?!!!! holy crap! They would scare me!

and the elevator ~ she's had some freaky encounters at her work!!!!

but I love that she (view spoiler)[ hijacked her sister's fashion blog! LOL! (hide spoiler)]

her mom kind of sucks tho.....

and the gas station scene!!!! ACK! Was I the only one cringing?!! that was just awful!

[Vicki]

One thing that cracked me up is **SPOILER** when she was leaving her workplace and the elevator scene. She was so freaked that she "almost (almost) wished that the Creepy Clown Lady" was there. Lol I'm not sure why but that struck me as so funny!!!

And what about The Whiz? Who'd go by that name!! Lol

Dex is still a mystery to me. **SPOILER**When Perry checks out his FB photos she that in his pics she likes his smile except it's unnatural. Ada asks if it's Satan'a FB account. He wouldn't have been in the lighthouse filming or checking it out if her were legit, or at least professional!

[Vicki]

Lol sorry for my typos!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

ack!!! Now she's having nightmares in the daytime?!?!!

this is going to get scary in the next few chapters!!! Eee!! :D I can't wait!!

[Vicki]

Trisha wrote: "ack!!! Now she's having nightmares in the daytime?!?!!

this is going to get scary in the next few chapters!!! Eee!! :D I can't wait!!"

Does anyone think that maybe she does have a mental illness?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I think she might have some link to ghosts...I'm trying to hold out hope she's not crazy

since there are about 8 books in this series! LOL

[Vicki]

EIGHT? Oh my goodness! LOL Are they possibly like some books that aren't connected (can be read as stand alone's), or does one link to another? Do you know?

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol right! 9!! AND there are even .5 novellas almost every other book! there are a HUGE amount of books in this series!

I think they all go together!

[Vicki]

If they are as good as this one I will probably read all of them...eventually! Lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

me too! I think I'll probably go looking for a scary book about 1 per month.that means I'll finish it in almost a year - as long as the author doesn't write anymore! LOL

[Vicki]

LOL don't you dare get one a month without inviting me for a buddy read ha ha!!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol!! I will!! I promise! we'll keep going on this one until we can't take it anymore!

OMG just finished chapter 9

and I have no idea....what that was.
that was craziness and I don't know who is the crazy one anymore!?!?!

[Vicki]

I'm only in ch 7 so I'll get back on that, but I have to finish Onyx. I keep switching books! This is too fun!!

[Gisbelle]

I finished chapter 8. I need to get something done first before I can continue.

The gas station scene was a bit awkward, especially when that guy talked about her being chubby before.

[Vicki]

I'm not there yet Gis! Lol

[Gisbelle]

Oops sorry :P Forgot the spoiler tags

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

lol no worries vicki

trust me, the scene is worse than that and not that big of a deal :D

[Vicki]

I just read it! All I will say is JERK!!!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

right! Good thing Dex was at least nice :D I liked how he didn't make her feel worse.

[Vicki]

Yeah, and I also liked how he didn't lie but led them to believe they were on the same type of trip.

[Gisbelle]

I finished chapter 11.

The old lady (view spoiler)[ crept me out. Big time. (hide spoiler)]

[Gisbelle]

in chapter 15.
(view spoiler)[ sexual asphyxiation! Wow... she was very quick at coming up with explanations. (hide spoiler)]

Dex (view spoiler)[ was on anti-psychotics medication. That explains why he has been acting weird. (hide spoiler)]

I am still curious (view spoiler)[ why the lighthouse keeper said Perry could help set him free (hide spoiler)]

These sentences gave me a creep (view spoiler)[ Slowly, he opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue. It was about as large as his mouth and lay flat against his chin. His eyes never changed. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

I'm only in ch 8. I am so into this book that I don't want to put it down, but I HAD to cuz of time constraints on 2 other books. I have about 40 PG left in one book then I'll get back to this one. I'm definitely reading her other books in this series. :)

[Gisbelle]

:) I like it too Vic. I am in chapter 17 now. I think I'll finish it soon and will come back, so we can talk about it.