We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough | Horror Fiction

The one where the people are almost worse than any lingering supernatural threat 🙀

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We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough

Released May 2025

Source: Kindle Unlimited

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If you're in the mood to read about horrible people with ugly secrets, hurting each other with their secrets and lies as they navigate life in a possibly haunted home, have I ever got a recommendation for you!

Emily is recovering from a fall from a cliff and an extended hospital stay. While she was out cold in the hospital her husband Freddie decided to move them away from city life and their friends into an old sprawling country home. A home so old and fancy it has its own name, Larkin Lodge. You know that spells trouble, right? Why on earth this guy thought doing such a thing would be a good idea because Emily maybe mentioned moving a time or two is beyond me, but some people just aren't very bright (later: turns out he had a very selfish reason because of course he did and I was right, he's also not very bright!). Naturally, things don't go well and that's all I'll say.

This story highlights how incredibly selfish most humans can be and how secrets will eat away at your relationship and soul. It was entertaining but also aggravating. It all ended as it should, if you ask me.

Four stars for keeping me hooked on the terribleness of them all. One star gets knocked off because I needed to know more about something and it didn't delve into the origin of it at all. But I'm nosy and you might not care as much.

Final Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Publisher Plot Synopsis 

After an accident that nearly kills her, Emily and her husband, Freddie, move from London to a beautiful Dartmoor country house called Larkin Lodge. The house is gorgeous, striking—and to Emily, something about it feels deeply wrong. Old boards creak at night; fires extinguish; and books fall from the shelves—all of it stemming from the terrible presence she feels in the third-floor room.

But these things happen only when Emily is alone, so are they happening at all? She is still medically fragile. Her post-sepsis condition can cause hallucinatory side effects, which means she cannot fully trust her senses. Freddie does not notice anything odd and is happy with their chance at a fresh start. She, however, starts to believe the house is haunted by someone who had been murdered in it even though she can find no evidence of a wrongful death. As bizarre events pile up and her marriage starts to crumble, Emily becomes obsessed with discovering the truth about Larkin Lodge. But just as the house has secrets so do Emily and her husband.