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When We Entered That House

by Claire L. Smith

Friendship and secrets in a haunted Victorian mansion

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship and secrets in a haunted Victorian mansion

Zoe and Elle’s after-school refuge in the forest leads them to a decaying Victorian house whose history is bound up with grief, trauma, and a family’s secrets. The mansion is presented as more than an abandoned setting: its whispering walls and watchful presence make the girls’ investigation of the past part of a growing danger. The premise brings together a close friendship, a small-town wilderness, and supernatural horror, with the house’s history at the center of the conflict.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in supernatural horror.
  • Readers drawn to stories about close friendship and secrets.
  • Readers seeking young adult fiction with lesbian LGBTQ+ representation.

Themes

FriendshipSecrets and hidden historiesGrief and traumaSupernatural horror

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Book overview

The house remembers, and it doesn't forgive.

 

Best friends Zoe and Elle share a secret. Every day after school, they vanish into the forest that borders their small town. The wilderness offers a fragile escape from the chaos of home, but it also hides something far more dangerous.

 

Deep among the trees stands a rotting Victorian mansion. The doors fall open, walls whisper, and candles flicker as it watches them.

 

Inside, the girls find a decaying home full of tainted fruit, twisted love, and a family trapped by grief and madness. Centuries-old secrets fester in the shadows and trauma binds all who cross the threshold.

 

As the house tightens its grip, the girls must dig through its dark history before it swallows them whole. But something, or someone, isn't ready to let them go.

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