Not long after Libby's suicide attempt, her mother moves her and younger sister Vivi to a decrepit old house she inherited years before. The motive being that Libby needs a fresh start. Unfortunately, things go south right from the day they move in. Vivi has been hiding her resentments toward her older sister, one being that the move stopped her budding dancing career. The house has boarded over windows that when revealed, have bizarre designs and a few even have removable masks with portions of the design etched into them, Then there's the foul odor, endless insects, blue roses, creepy sounds in the attic, and a large stone table in the back yard by a thorny maze.
Then Flynn, a teen boy living a couple houses down the street is caught by Libby when he holds a seance at the table. The initial hostility between them soon transforms into a necessary, but uneasy alliance as they try to figure out how ten people seemingly vanished in the house over decades. One was Flynn's father, giving him skin in this ever more frightening game. What follows takes the reader deeper into the occult, the history of the house, and an ever growing threat to the sisters, their mother, and Flynn. How that shakes out makes for a compelling story. ( )