Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury isn't just a story of a haunted house. This is the story of a haunted family, with each family member dumping their emotional burdens and trauma onto each other, pushing the cycle of trauma forward. In that way, the ghosts and even the menacing house that preys on the living and dead alike aren't the biggest monsters in the novel. Just as in real life, those who cause the most pain and turmoil are human beings.

The novel is told through the dual POVs of Daisy -- a 17-year-old who sees dead people -- and Brittney -- a college student who runs a YouTube channel centered on supernatural mysteries. Taking place ten years apart, Brittney and her co-host are investigating the mysterious circumstances Daisy endured in the mansion her mother inherited. 

Alongside the story of the haunted house that's feeding on people are the emotional arcs of Daisy and Brittney working through their mirrored traumas with their mothers, who abuse them emotionally and control them financially. As their stories unfold, they reveal generational abuses that have been trickled down and left unspoken of for years.

Not only does this story have an incredibly compelling premise, Sambury's prose and narrative voice are among the most beautiful and original I've ever read. The descriptions are vivid and almost too visceral at times. The character focused way she moved through the plot really made it feel like one was living alongside the characters. I can't wait to check out her other novels.