Set in Durban, South Africa, this is beautifully written story of the residents of a crumbling mansion by the sea, and the tortured history that haunts it. Largely told from the perspective of Sana as her and her father move in after her mother's death, the story takes us to the past and slowly tells us the story of the previous residents.

The characters in this story are complicated, messy people, and their emotions twist and change the narrative of the story, as petty jealously twists into seething rage and destroys a marriage, a family and home forever. The ending of this story is expectedly tragic, but overall hopeful.

I liked that this book didn't leave anything on a cliffhanger. At the end of the story, the history of the house is told, we know what happened, we know the final secrets of the house and the only thing left to question is Sana's future, but we even get a glimpse of what that might be.