Books of Wonder

A Guide to the Dark

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Category: Signed Books

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The Haunting of Hill House meets Nina LaCour in this spine-chilling horror YA about the ghosts we carry with us.

Something is building, simmering just out of reach.

The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don't know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. Mira can't shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she's haunted by nightmares of her dead brother. When she wakes up, he's still there.

Layla doesn't see him. Or notice anything suspicious about Room 9. The place may be a little run down, but it has a certain charm she can’t wait to capture on camera. If Layla is being honest, she’s too preoccupied with confusing feelings for Mira to see much else. But when they learn eight people died in that same room, they realize there must be a connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside it. They just have to find the connection before Mira becomes the ninth.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Abigail A. ★★★★★

The signature on the title page is crisp and dark—nice to actually get a signed copy for once. This one’s got that slow-burn dread where the ghosts are more about grief than jump scares, and it stuck with me days after finishing.

Michael ★★★★★

Read this one in a single sitting, the creeping dread built so slowly I didn't even notice my heart was racing until the last page. The signed copy arrived in perfect condition, and knowing the author's hand touched my copy makes the story feel even more personal.

Samuel ★★★★★

The signature on the title page gave me chills before I even opened it—knowing the author touched this exact copy makes the whole reading experience feel personal. The way this book blends Hill House's dread with that quiet YA ache is exactly the balance I hoped for, and the pages have that crisp ne