A review by ledavis37
The Claiming by Ike Hamill

3.0

3.5 stars. I am torn about this book. On the surface, it's a pretty great, relatively original horror novel about a family of two moms, two young daughters and a teenage boy who move into a new house in an abandoned neighborhood with the intention of flipping it. The youngest daughter begins to see hooded figures outside and is eventually "claimed".

Spoiler

I expected the book to be all about the family trying to get her back, and was pleasantly surprised when she was reunited with them at the halfway point of the book, four years in the future. Seeing the repercussions of her return was much more interesting than had the whole book been a search for her.

However, what I liked about the plot was slightly overshadowed by my distaste for the writing style. It seemed at times both over-edited and under-edited, with a few noticeable errors but also at times not enough exposition to set the scenes properly.