I Call Upon Thee: A Novella by Ania Ahlborn

 

Maggie Olsen had a pretty ordinary childhood—swimming and sleepovers, movie nights and dad jokes. And then there were the other things…the darker things…the shadow that followed her home from the cemetery and settled into the corners of her home, refusing to let her grow up in peace.

Now, after three years away from the place she's convinced she inadvertently haunted, and after yet another family tragedy strikes, Maggie is forced to return to the sweltering heat of a Savannah summer to come to terms with her past. All along, she's been telling herself, it was just in your head, and she nearly convinces herself that she'd imagined it all. But the moment Maggie steps into the foyer of her family home, she knows. The darkness is still here. And it's been waiting for Maggie's return.

Maggie returns to her childhood home to stay with her estranged sister while they plan a funeral. The sisters are all that is left of the family now that both parents and the middle sister have passed away.

This is the second of 2 novellas included in the print version of Apart in the Dark or available by itself on kindle.

It is my 4th read by this author and so far nothing has equaled or surpassed her book "Brother" for me.

Unlike the first story, I Call Upon Thee is more of a supernatural horror which are generally my favorite, but where the first story gave away the ending too soon, this one was more vague to the point of dragging it out too long for my taste.

3 out of 5 stars

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