Haunt Sweet Home

By: Sarah Pinsker

Narrated by: Jennifer Blom, Jess Nahikian, Matt Godfrey, Robb Moreira

This program features multicast narration.

On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spooky ghost story from multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker.

“Don’t talk to day about what we do at night.”

When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production assistant on her cousin’s ghost hunting/home makeover reality TV show Haunt Sweet Home, she quickly determines her new role will require a healthy attitude toward duplicity. But as she hides fog machines in the woods and improvises scares to spook new homeowners, a series of unnerving incidents on set and a creepy new coworker force Mara to confront whether the person she's truly been deceiving and hiding from all along—is herself.

Eerie and empathetic, Haunt Sweet Home is a multifaceted, supernatural exploration of finding your own way into adulthood, and into yourself.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.

Critic reviews

Praise for Haunt Sweet Home

"Sarah Pinsker delivers yet again. Haunt Sweet Home cuts directly to the heart of a life that feels like it's haunted by the person living it. This one is fraught in all the right places."—Sarah Gailey, bestselling author of Just Like Home

"Kind but not gentle, Pinsker cuts to the core of the lives we craft and those that are imposed on us, and how it feels to be both in the circle by the fire, and forever lurking in the shadowy woods beyond."—Kathleen Jennings, author of Flyaway

"Pinsker pulls off the near-impossible feat of delivering a story that is simultaneously sweet and unnerving, reassuring and frightening."—A.C. Wise, author of The Ghost Sequences

"Threaded through with good humour and riddled with human frailty, Haunt Sweet Home is a creepy, disturbing book. I loved it."—Kaaron Warren, multi-award winning author of Bitters

"Pinsker’s evocative prose turns an amusing reality-show backdrop into a haunting story of hiding from (and discovering) oneself."—Library Journal

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it was ok.

it was just ok. I was really hoping for more. but I liked it.

Great performance of a satisfying story

This sits at the edge of cozy and scary—perfect autumn vibes! The main narrator does a great job, and I t’s also really fun that they chose to use a full cast for the tv episode clips. I don’t want to spoil the plot at all, so I’ll just say that I was definitely hooked and felt the spooky tension!

Amazing book, outstanding storytelling cast

So many books feel so cookie cutter these days. But this one was something completely unexpected. A story that combines mystery and life choices with a look behind the scenes at the ever popular ghost hunter tv genre. And the talented voice actor took it way beyond an ordinary audiobook. Highly recommended!

very fun

nice twist on the classic ghost story, with a very satisfying end. Good for YA to adult.

Not your average ghost story

Spooky, heart squeezing, sweet, and insightful. I love it.
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