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Asylum Hotel
By: Juliet Blackwell
Publication Date: July 29, 2025
Published By: Berkley
384 pages
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Aubrey Spencer likes photographing abandoned buildings. She arrives at The Seabrink Hotel, an abandoned luxury hotel that once saw the likes of A list celebrities. With a sordid history that Aubrey wants to learn, she becomes even more curious when the man that she bumps into there, YouTube star Dimitri Petroff, dies the very next day. She learns of the local folklore of curses, murder, and what the hotel was before it became the hotel. As she looks into Dimitri and his death, as well as another death that happened years ago, someone wants to keep her away – and won’t stop at anything.
Someone recommended this book to me and I’m SO glad they did! A thriller with a tad bit of paranormal mixed in? Yes please! While paranormal isn’t my go to genre, if it’s just a bit of the story, and it’s done well, I do enjoy it. And this whole book was written fantastically.
Blackwell writes an atmospheric novel that makes you uncomfortable as you read it. But also, you can’t stop reading it because it’s just that good and you want to know what’s happening, who is behind it, and why. I especially liked that Aubrey didn’t just take what everyone said at face value, she conducted her research to the best of her ability to find the truth.
Most of the characters I really enjoyed. There was one of two that I didn’t care for, but I’m sure those characters were written that way. I would love this book to be made into a movie on Netflix, or even a series! I think it would be amazing!
This was my first time reading this author and I would absolutely read another book by Blackwell!
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