Review: THE SIREN AND THE SPECTRE by Jonathan Janz

Publisher Flame Tree Audio

Length 10hrs 57mins
Format audiobook

Published 2018

Series Standalone
My Copy I bought it

My Review

What seems like the stereotypical haunted house novel is anything but. Delve beneath the misty and atmospheric fog, and you'll soon see horrors with deep roots spawning all shapes and forms.

The Siren and the Spectre is a great book. Simple and plain. The customary bumps in the night and horrors of the shock and awe variety are spread throughout the narrative but it's the characters and their stories which make this book so enjoyable. 

The Alexander House is a fabled place of lore. Within it's cracked and crumbling facade lay tales of woe and misery. Ghosts haunt the passageways and the blood of lives lost have long ago seeped into the walls and floorboards. Yet, paranormal debunker and author David Caine agrees to spend a month in residence, either to prove the skeptics wrong, or right. 

What David doesn't bank on, is the connection to the house of horrors he has with his own personal demons. That coupled with some deeply scary scenes of pure terror and nightmare inducing action sequences, leads to one heck of a horror novel. 

My rating: 5/5 stars. I love books which are multi-faceted and go beyond the plot to bridge the gap between fiction and plausible fact. This horror from Jonathan Janz does that. A personal favorite.