It took me FOREVER to read this book. I found it boring, trite, and quite frankly I didn't care if any of the characters survived. I only read it because a friend of my mom's lent it to her and she gave it to me and i felt obligated to vet it for her. 
 It wasn't that I even disliked the story, I didn't really CARE about the house. I didn't care about the victims and I didn't care about the villains. 
 Part of the problem might be that I don't like horror books (ironic because I LOVE horror movies.) The only good thing i can say about this book is that it might have made a better movie.