Thank you Poisoned Pen Press, #partner, for the finished copy of The Farmhouse in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press / Sourcebooks
Published: June 17, 2025
Summary:
Every woman who has lived on this farm has died. Emily just moved in.
When Emily Hauk’s mother dies, it’s time for her and her husband, Josh, to finally leave San Francisco. A farm in rural Nebraska is everything they want for a fresh start: clear skies, low costs, and distance from the grief back home.
They should have asked why the farm was for sale.
Three years ago a teenage girl went missing from the farm. Soon afterward, the girl’s mother mysteriously died. The deeper Emily digs the more stories she uncovers of women connected to her new home who’ve met their own dark ends.
With each passing day Emily’s sanctuary slips further away. The barn seems to move throughout her property as though chasing her. Her mother’s favorite music drifts across the cornfield. She swears she saw blood in one of the farmhand’s trucks. And the screams that wake her are not fox howls, no matter how many times her husband says they are. If she wants to claim this place as her own she’ll have to find out the truth before whatever watches from the cornfield takes her, too.
My thoughts:
This book might have come out in June, but boy is it the perfect read for #spookyseason! Talk about a slow-burn thriller that gets under your skin…I read this one earlier this month and am still thinking about it!
I love a good haunted house story and this one, set in a rural location with a farmhouse that has such a dark history just grabbed me right from the start. So many things that had me questioning my own sanity as I was making my way through this book…Was it me? Was it our main character, Emily–could she not be trusted? Were the strange noises really happening? Was the barn itself moving?
This book just oozes atmosphere and tension, and I loved the way the author creates that sense of uncertainty throughout. If you love books that take on buried trauma, secrets, gaslighting, and strong women — this book is for you! It has that sense of foreboding almost from the beginning and it doesn’t let up.
Audio thoughts:
When I saw Brittany Pressley was narrating this, I knew I had to listen. She did an amazing job bringing this story to life, making me feel as unsettled and crazy as Emily did at times.
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