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You Are Invited: A Ghost Story Kindle Edition

by Sarah A. Denzil (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,108 ratings
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"Chilling, fast-paced, and addictive, with characters you'll both love and grow to fear. A must-read." -- Darcy Coates, author of The Haunting of Ashburn House

When Cath receives her invitation to The Event--a monetised retreat for social media influencers--she can't believe her luck. Irene Jobert is the most famous influencer in the world, and now Cath will be one of the five participants chosen to stay with Irene in a renovated Transylvanian monastery.

The catch? Their every move will be live-streamed to millions of people around the world. Patrons pay for constant access to their favourite social media stars: Irene, the model; Nathan, the gamer; Jules, the blogger; Daniel, the fitness guru; and Cath, the writer.

Nestled halfway up a mountain, the five are isolated, with nothing but the internet to connect them to the world. That is, until eagle-eyed live-stream followers all around the globe notice a sixth participant. A dark figure lurking in the background.

They thought they were alone. Perhaps they were wrong.

Praise for YOU ARE INVITED:

"You know you've read a great horror book when, hours after you've finished reading, you're still freaked to the nth level. Sarah A. Denzil is amazing!!!" - Netgalley Reviewer

"Strong 'The Haunting of Hill House' vibes, and a little bit of 'The Shining' too. It's easily one of my favourite reads of the year." - Netgalley Reviewer

"Thrilling, scary and compelling." - Netgalley Reviewer

"Tense, mysterious, and a modern-day ghost story. I found it impossible to put down and enjoyed it from beginning to end."- Netgalley reviewer

"Wow wow wow wow! I absolutely loved this book. Easy to follow, well written, and the twist at the end....my jaw actually dropped!"- Netgalley Reviewer

"I loved everything about this book! It's one of those stories that I didn't want to end. I could have crawled inside this book and lived." - Goodreads Reviewer
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Five social media influencers stay at a monastery in the Carpathian mountains.

They soon realise they are not alone.

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"You know you've read a great horror book when, hours after you've finished reading, you're still freaked to the nth level. Sarah A. Denzil is amazing!!!" - Netgalley Reviewer


"Strong 'The Haunting of Hill House' vibes, and a little bit of 'The Shining' too. It's easily one of my favourite reads of the year." - Netgalley Reviewer


"Thrilling, scary and compelling." - Netgalley Reviewer


"Tense, mysterious, and a modern-day ghost story. I found it impossible to put down and enjoyed it from beginning to end." - Netgalley reviewer


"Wow wow wow wow! I absolutely loved this book. Easy to follow, well written, and the twist at the end....my jaw actually dropped!" - Netgalley Reviewer


"I loved everything about this book! It's one of those stories that I didn't want to end. I could have crawled inside this book and lived." - Goodreads Reviewer

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Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Silent Child.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B088VGV1ZN
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 15, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 15, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3765 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B08HTM69C2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,108 ratings

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Sarah A. Denzil

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Sarah A. Denzil is a British suspense writer from Derbyshire. Her books include SILENT CHILD, which has topped the kindle charts in the UK and Australia, as well as being a top ten Amazon bestseller in the US. SAVING APRIL and THE BROKEN ONES are both top thirty bestsellers in the US and UK Amazon charts.

Sarah lives in Yorkshire with her partner, enjoying the scenic countryside and rather unpredictable weather. She loves to write moody, psychological books about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

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I'm so happy that I had a chance to read this book - it certainly got me ready for fall (which the weather is insisting on as well here!). Set in the Carpathian Mountains, in a remote abbey with a violent past, Cath arrives to participate in The Event - an exclusive social media influencer opportunity. Five participants will provide content 24/7 for the duration of their stay. But soon, things start to go wrong.Cath comes with her own baggage and past which adds to the overall creepiness of the story. It's not an overly scary book, though there are some unsettling moments. There are some great visuals here and the characters all come to life. I appreciated the thorough ending - though I do worry that some may be offended in the overall representation of mental illness here. The last scene somewhat soured the story for me, but up until that point, I really enjoyed this fast-paced read. Despite some implausible moments, I still had fun reading it. It's not quite as scary of a ghost story as I wanted it to be, but there is a definite creep factor. And I definitely plan on reading more from Denzil in the future!
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AJT
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect spooky vibes!
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
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I read this right before Halloween, and it was the perfect spooky tale. All the great haunted vibes without being too gory or disturbing. Just what I wanted! I love the author's writing style. A nice blend of fast-paced and descriptive.
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Lil Miss from Michigan
4.0 out of 5 stars Wicked good!
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2020
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Great book for a dreary, rainy weekend!

The main character is invited to spend a month with a group of fellow bloggers while live streaming their interactions, in a monastery with a haunting past. The viewers may make "donations" to their favorite blogger and have them do challenges such as 'do a shot of whiskey' or 'sing karaoke'. But they also see things on the video that the bloggers themselves don't see.

The main character, during the taxi drive over, is told the sinister story of the murders that occurred in the monastery, and during one of her challenges is asked to tell a story in which she chooses to relay that one. As a result, some of the in-house bloggers become a bit freaked out and when strange things start to happen, they wonder if the monastery is haunted by the ghosts of the tragedy. BUT, a couple of the participants, including the main character, have mental health issues, which are exacerbated when her antipsychotic medication goes missing on the first night of her stay & the replacement doesn't seem to be working.

Having access to their fans on their message boards, one fan in particular keeps saying someone is going to die there, & that it will be her, and the voices in her head begin to come back. She can no longer determine what's real and what's not. What's behind her sudden interest in one of the nuns that was killed in the tragedy? Why does she feel such a kinship towards her? Can she trust any of the others in the house? Even the one she's come to see as a friend? And finally... IS the monastery haunted?

Read the book to find out! You'll be glad you did!
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dnkb
3.0 out of 5 stars Ghosts? Vampires? Madness?
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2020
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I really enjoy reading Sarah Denzil. Usually. And while "You Are Invited: A Ghost Story" isn't a badly WRITTEN novel, it's a kind of muddled story. Is this a ghost story? Is it a vampire novel? Horror? Or is this a take on the up-to-the-minute trend of live-streaming everything, yanking excitement out of the most mundane experiences, and setting up a narrator with mental health issues in a situation where a lack of a medication will break her down, and watch the ensuing stress cause a series of alarming events? Is this a novel about an unreliable narrator?

This is the crux of my problem with this novel: I never got a handle on precisely what I was reading. Denzil's writing is smooth and effortless; she can tell a great story, and I wish she had just settled on what direction she wanted to go and stuck with it. Instead, I feel like she was undecided about what genre or what story she was telling. Usually when I'm reading a Sarah Denzil story, I know I'm reading a mystery/thriller. At the end, I'm not entirely sure I wasn't reading one. Perhaps the author was counting on that level of uncertainty.

However. I don't feel like any of the events in the novel gelled for me. Every event, every plot point can be seen through too many lenses to feel committed to one view point. At the end, I feel like the novel is a little bit of a hot mess, although a well-written hot mess.

The plot: Several important influencers from around the web, are invited to The Event, where all five of them will livestream their every waking moment to a group of their loyal, paying fans. Cath has been writing her series for several years, and is thrilled to be invited. Several of the other influencers are more famous, but as they all vie for attention, she begins to find herself altered by their lives at this (remodeled) mysterious and dark Transylvanian nunnery, with its horrifying past and whispers of ghostly visitations. As the weeks continue, she wonders if she is becoming consumed by the past, as she begins to pick up echoes of the lives of those who have lived in the nunnery, and the paying subscribers are posting comments about dark figures on the livestream. Other influencers seem to hear and see things.

What is going on? Without divulging too much, I stand by my earlier assertion that Denzil never decides which kind of story she is telling. Without a firm decision one way or another, the narrative falters. This could have been a FANTASTIC horror novel, or an AMAZING thriller. An UNBELIEVABLE vampire tale. But when several threads are wound together and loosely held together, with no commitment to any one genre, I can't really get a sense that Denzil KNEW what story she wanted to tell.

It's a shame. I wanted to love this book. The writing is crisp, clean, and the characters (mostly) popped. But the story didn't gel completely. I would love to read another Denzil novel with a total commitment to her storyline. Otherwise, I'm not totally hooked.
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Elizabeth Jergensen
5.0 out of 5 stars Great storytelling.
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2023
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I was pulled into to the story and it never let me go. The suspense grew and I could not put it down. The author played with my emotions and expectations. A good haunted story
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Bridgid Dean
4.0 out of 5 stars So many ways to be haunted...
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020
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When Cath receives her invitation to The Event, she packs her bags and doesn’t look back. Cath’s mother died recently, leaving her with only the voices in her head for company. In comparison to her lonely home, the partially restored Romanian monastery sounds almost cheery.
Cath arrives with four other influencers for The Event: a month-long live-stream in a beautiful, remote location. Paying viewers will be able to access their favorite social media celebrities and offer to pay them to do things like karaoke, or yoga…or killing one of the group.
Things start taking a dark turn right away, and the group— a model, a fitness buff, a gamer, a life-advice guru, and Cath, a writer— don’t exactly mesh. Cath is the one to tell them the story of what happened in the monastery years ago, how the slaughter of a group of nuns left Sfantul Mihail cursed. Drunk on wine, everyone is creeped out, but no one believes it. Until one of their body cams turns up something they—and all their viewers— are able to see.
I thought the premise of The Event was great—a fairly plausible reason for five strangers to be alone together in a strange and haunted location. The ways in which modern technology wound through this novel were also really well thought out and interesting. The characters were believable, with some more fully drawn than others. Parts of Cath’s pasts, and her mental illness, weren’t filled in enough for my liking, but it didn’t keep me from enjoying the story. This is a page-turner, well-written, and quite creepy.
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Elizabeth Hammond
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful ghost story!
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2023
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Now that it’s October, I’ve been trying to find a good, spooky ghost story, and this was the first that satisfied my craving for scary. Definitely worth a read!
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Pet Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Kept my attention!
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2023
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This book is never boring. It keeps you interested in each character, then makes you question what you think you know about them. This is a mystery set in a centuries-old deserted monastery where modern day events collide with a chilling history.
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Flo Zoé
5.0 out of 5 stars A lire absolument!
Reviewed in France on January 5, 2024
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Une fois de plus Sarah nous embarque avec elle et son personnage principal et on ne lâche pas.
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EK
5.0 out of 5 stars A spooky read that scratches itself into your brain and doesn’t let go
Reviewed in Germany on October 27, 2023
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Not only is the closed-room setting of a haunted monastery in Transylvania an original one but Denzil has a great sense of pace and writes hooky, thrilling chapters. It’s definitely a Halloween/spooky read!
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Bratati Gupta Bhaya
5.0 out of 5 stars Ghostly dark thriller
Reviewed in India on January 16, 2022
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It's an amazing trip that I took along with the others. It's all about the toxicity and dark secrets we all have. The voice that refuses to stop. The selfishness and the all all open social media life. The story is fast paced just like the other ones of Sarah's.
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Niall Cunniffe
5.0 out of 5 stars A truly immersive and chilling ghost story. Accept the offer and read it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2020
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Wow. I was hooked to this book the moment I started reading it. The setting was immediately absorbing - an isolated monastery in Romania surrounded by Carpathian forest where wild wolves roam. The premise was intriguing - five social media influencers spending a month together during 'The Event,' where every move is live-streamed to millions of viewers around the world. And then there was the atmosphere of the old monastery as well. Dark, dank, and oppressive, so tangible there were times I felt I was there, the coldness within its ageing walls chilling my bones.

Denzil is a skilled writer, masterful in this genre, tapping into all the senses to deliver a truly immersive and chilling ghost story. I was so lucky to have read this before Halloween, where the story starts. When the host of The Event took out the ouija board on Halloween night, I was almost too scared to continue reading. The ending is left slightly open for the reader's interpretation, which is absolutely fine and what I expect from a ghost story. I also thought Cath was one of the best characters I've read, especially as a fellow writer: I could understand her frustrations and anxieties, especially when releasing new writing, and I thought Denvil expertly captured this rollarcoater ride of emotions.

You Are Invited is the perfect ghost story in the perfect setting. Accept the offer and read it!
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nancy boyle
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on May 4, 2023
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Great author. Never let’s you down.
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