I loved this book. It was so cleverly written and told from multiple viewpoints and diary entries. It had me hooked the whole way through and I’d highly recommend!

I devoured this book in about two days. I could NOT put it down. There are so many twists and turns that every time I thought I had things figured out, I was proven wrong. Which is GREAT!! Even when I did figure out the ending (WAY before the actual end), there were still so many twists and red herrings that I dismissed my theory. While some of the names and characters are VERY similar to Dracula, it only enhances the story. An EXCELLENT book for anyone who loves a good supernatural mystery suspense thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the beginning to the end!!

Well, this certainly turned out different than I thought it was going to when I first went in. I thought we were getting a spooky, haunting about a once Asylum turned into flats. What I believe we got was a historical family mystery.

Meg is hired by family member Betty to find out what happened to Ella, a family member who died at the Asylum many years prior under suspicious circumstances. Employing the help of her friends, they find another suspicious death at the same time and try to unravel the mystery surrounding the two deaths.

I'd say this was more of a story of haunted pasts than a true haunting story. There was only a small bit towards the end that might qualify it as a haunting story. It's told in two different timelines and the chapters are set up interestingly enough - between the current timeline and then the diary, articles pertaining to the period or the doctors own journal. However the pacing of this was quite slow and it lost me at times.

It was an interesting read once it all came together at the end. Just not what I thought it would be.

A not great gothic story set in a Victorian insane asylum and the same building in modern day that’s been converted into luxury condos. The concept was okay but a little trite and the writing and dialogue contrived. Not my cup of tea….

This is the kind of horror that I enjoy when it has converging timelines which lead to a revelation at the end. I found that this was an interesting story and loved the way that the author had positioned this to the reader.

Here we have in part the curious tale of two women, thrust together living in an asylum, not knowing who they could trust, what was real, or even if they were crazy.

Fast forward a hundred years and Abney Heights is being turned into posh apartments, this is where we meet our current time main character Meg, she's researching the genealogy of some of the patients of the asylum at the request of one of their descendants.

You see a hundred years before two young women died on the same day, and while it was ruled suicide their families were left to wonder.

As we cross time in this dual perspective we see how much has changed in the world for women, our thoughts, our ability to love even our ability to speak for ourselves.

Lucy and Ella have seen in their ways the very best and worst of humanity but one of them is the darkest form of evil and I was shocked by the reveal.

As I got to the end of this book I have to say I was horrified, I don't even know how to process what I just finished reading.

To say I enjoyed this book seems odd because of the subjects revealed at the end, I was intrigued by it in the beginning and it did keep me invested in the story, I just wasn't prepared for how utterly dark and twisted this book is.

I have to say the writing is well done it is witty and there are moments I thoroughly loved, I have a feeling I'd have loved those cats, and I'm glad our present-time characters walked away the way they did, this one just has me feeling rattled and not sure if there shouldn't have been some trigger warnings listed.

I will also say this should in my opinion be listed as paranormal, there wasn't much that would make it a thriller, or at least what I consider a thriller to be.

Thank you to NetGalley and BooksGoSocial for providing a copy of this book. I have voluntarily read and reviewed it and all thoughts and opinions are my own.

If anyone has questions as to what specific things I had issues with I'd be happy to discuss them. After thinking about it if I could give this one 3.5 stars I would.

There was so much that I nearly loved about this book and I wish it came together for me more than it did. I found the setting oddly slippery and indistinct, the characters as well. I also guessed the twist pretty early on. I think I just wanted more, more grit, more of a visceral haunting and more from some of the plot points and fantastical elements which seemed sometimes to glide along the surface. That said, Id' definitely give this author another shot in the future!

I thought this would be a great pick for Halloween, set in an Edwardian Asylum, nice and spooky. Well, it wasn't really, it started of quite strongly; it's a dual timeline novel, Meg, who has her own ghosts to deal with, is an archivist specialising in family histories. She has been sent to Abbey Heights, the former asylum being converted into flats, to research the history. Betty has also asked her to find out about Ella, her ancestor who died there in mysterious circumstances. We get to learn Ella's story through diary extracts and a journal kept by her doctor.

It was not actually very spooky at all, more of an historical mystery, which wasn't what I'd signed up for, it started very strongly, but became quite slow moving and I rather lost interest at times. Evelyn Dr Morgan turned up as a character, which was intriguing, but wasn't much used. It ended up taking longer to finish than expected, but I'm glad I did.

When I picked up this book, I was expecting a horror story set in a creepy asylum. This book was more of a mystery told in multiple timelines. The characters were reasonably well-developed but I could not get Invested in the narrative. Although it was an enjoyable, easy read, it did not captivate me in the way I had been hoping.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I throughly enjoyed this book and the story line was unusual but very intriguing. The main characters were very relatable and I just had to know what happened.Although this is not my usual genre it was very enjoyable.

2.5/5.0

This should have been exactly up my street - a creepy old asylum, historical murder mystery and vengeful ghosts. But unfortunately this book missed the mark for me.

The whole book was slightly underwhelming and then I found the ending to be too far the opposite way. It felt as though the author was trying to make up for the rest of the plot in the very last chapter. And quite honestly the twist just annoyed me with how implausible it was.
I closed the book still not really knowing anything about the group of main characters or how they related to each other or where they all seemed to pop up from.

There was nothing haunting or spooky about this book. I was craving dark undertones and jump scares but nothing delivered. So if you're looking for a true horror read this definitely isn't for you.

The ideas behind this book are great and I thought main character Meg could have been a refreshing protagonist if she was fleshed out a little more. It was an easy read and I didn't not enjoy it, I just unfortunately wouldn't be raving about it to my friends.

An enjoyable read that was well written and had well developed characters. I treally enjoyed the different timelines through the book and how different characters points of voew were given. I would recommend reading this book.

the story setting is dramatic. Also it was in two time lines 1907 and present times. Megan is
a genealogist/archivist and she has been asked to find out whatever she could on a particular
inmate of the institute Elle. The present day institute was earlier a asylum, and to Megan
resonated with the heaviness and unhappiness of what those institutes were at the time.

Delving into Elle's history and sad end, we also delve into the life of Lucy. A person also
an inmate of the asylum, admitted for hysteria by her fiancee and family who became very close to
Elle. Though not openly spoken of Elle was admitted because she was a lesbian and Dr Wood who
was in charge at the asylum worried over the increasingly close relationship between the two women.

The story weaving the daily workings of the asylum, with Dr Wood's modern approach of integrating
the inmates as much as possible into public life showed up historically the manner in which
mental incapacity was treated, the stigma attached to it and for many the hopelessness for
the future.

The present day building was apartments and Megan lived there whilst unravelling the task
she was set to. it had strands of historical fictiin, along with two mystery murders which
were solved decades later and altogether was a very interesting read set in Edwardian tim

I really enjoyed "The Haunting of Abney Heights" by Cat Thomas. I'm vaguely familiar with the area and have been wanting to visit the cemetery for a while, so definitely will after reading this book. It did feel as if it was set in the past, thanks to the 1907 diary entries and loved that it was a mystery that was being unravelled over 100 years later. Not the predictable ending that I was expecting, so great stuff!

I enjoy Gothic stories, which is why this story appealed to me.

I liked this a lot - it was a mystery rather than a horror/ghost story, but it had the dark, eerie atmosphere that I was hoping for. There was some time-shifting, and recently I've been into reading a lot of books like that. There were a few narratives, and I was interested in each character's perspective. The story held my attention and I read most of it in one sitting.

I don't know if there are any more books featuring these characters, but I would definitely be interested in reading more books by this author.

This book was fine! It's not my typical genre and I did know that going into it. I think I thought it would be more thriller than it was? It did give me some creepy vibes but not completely what I was going for. I think going into it with less expectations would have been better for me!

Thanks to the publisher and #netgalley for letting me read and review #thehauntingofabneyheights. This was a great Halloween read that I really enjoyed and was well written. I love when books go back and forth between past and current time especially when using old journals. I also love archive stories and this one was fabulous! Highly recommend.

When an old asylum is made into new modern exclusive apartments Meg is hired to chronicle all the papers associated with the asylum. When she stumbles on the murders of two previous patients there’s more questions than answers like what does this have to do with vampires in the psychical research society? There’s so much to this book in so many different side stories and questions and all diaries and letters I couldn’t stop reading it and didn’t at all know how it would end but what an ending. I love in the old mystery and one that’s accompanied by diaries is even better. There’s much more to this mystery than the brief summary I have given but there’s too much to put into a simple bio about the book. Just know if you love gothic mysteries and ghost stories you get it all in the haunting of Abney Heights just make sure you have time to read and you won’t be interrupted because this book is so good you’re not want to stop. I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate most of my review.

Thank you for the book! This arc was given to me by #netgalley and the publishers!

I really didn't like this book so I couldn't finish it.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, from BooksGoSocial and #NetGalley. Thank you to the publishers, NetGalley and the author for the opportunity to preview and review. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

Unfortunately this one didn’t hold my attention or live up to expectations.