A House at the Bottom of a Lake

Josh Malerman has cemented himself as a hell of an author in my eyes. I don't like to throw out five stars very often so it's rare for an author to get five stars twice, but I needed to with this one it was so GOOD. Malerman has got a new dieheart fan...

I'm a sucker for romances by either authors that don't write romance as their main genre or when the romance is based around unique circumstances, nontraditional I guess you could say. This novella hits both of those categories. It's a romance book about two teens who discover a house at the bottom of a lake and how they fall in love because of it. It's beautiful, sweet, and insightful. Both of our young lovers are very much themselves and it is an absolute joy to watch them fall in love.

I was pleasantly surprised that this wasn't horror, I went into it thinking it was horror and had completely different expectations because of that fact. I ended up just rooting for both of the characters because I'm a romantic and just wanted them to have a happy ending. I won't ruin it for you but I was very happy with the ending, and the rest of the book. It was very deep and below the surface at times (pun intended) and I always like books with meaning. The book drags you up to a perfect climax and then ties things up perfectly.

This one hurts to be done with because it was so good, runners high for a reader as I like to say. I'm envious of the people who haven't read this yet.