In All My Dreams

By: Danielle Morris

Narrated by: Dana Morris

The Haunting of Hill House meets The Only One Left in this chilling psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last twist...

Georgia Harris was eight years old when her mother tried to kill her.

For twenty years she’s been haunted by one question…

Why?

Why would a mother want to erase her only child from this world?

It’s been nearly a decade since Georgia walked the haunted halls of her childhood home–vowing to hold onto the one promise she made herself.

A promise to never return.

Until her father falls ill, and Crane Manor comes calling–and she can’t refuse the summons.

Not when there’s a chance to see him again. Ian Foster, the boy who stole her heart and destroyed it.

But Georgia has secrets of her own, and she’ll stop at nothing to keep her daughter safe from the ghosts of her past that she thought Crane Manor buried years ago.

©2024 Danielle Morris (P)2024 Danielle Morris

21st Century Gothic

This is very much *my type* of book and I was really enjoying it up until the very end. I think the narrator did an amazing job with the audiobook.

Narration:
I really enjoyed Dana Morris's narration. She does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life (I thought Auden's voice was particularly fitting). The editing and sound production were really clean.

Story:
In general, this is very much the type of story I naturally gravitate towards. Gothic, reunited lovers, ghosts, haunting secrets. For the most part, I found the book really engaging. The story and writing style reminded me a bit of Brenda Novak, whose Gothic novels I love. I agree that the comparison to The Haunting of Hill House is fitting, but the TV show version, not Shirley Jackson's novel. However, the ending really bothered me--I felt that what happened to Irene was extremely upsetting and not really essential to the story. The casual way it was handled really put me off.

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Loved the story and the suspense of it all! Such a fun quick read and I enjoy the past and present chapters

Loose ends

The book was pretty good, but there were several things I would have done differently. There wasn’t enough of a deep-dive into “the bad one” and how the cup ended up being used by somebody who is not the one who “always” uses it. I can’t go into it without giving anything away. Another thing is that the reveal wasn’t really a surprise and felt lackluster.