4.1 (2,318 ratings)

Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror #1)

Name: Darkhouse (Experiment in Terror #1)
Rating: 4.1 (2318 reviews)
Author: Karina Halle
ISBN: B0050Q6HQK

by Karina Halle

ghosts

About this book

Book one in a slow-burn psychologically thrilling romance series, from a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author

Perry Palomino seems like your average twenty-something girl on the surface. She's had bad luck dating, her job sucks, and she's disillusioned by her place in life, not sure exactly what she wants or where she's even going.

She also sees ghosts, which makes things extra complicated, especially when she'd do anything to be normal.

But normal people don't go exploring an abandoned and supposedly haunted lighthouse on the Oregon coast, where she ends up getting the attention of Dex Foray, an enigmatic producer who wants to exploit her talent for seeing the dead on his webseries.

At first, Perry's not sure she wants to work with Dex on his amateur ghost-hunting show. He's cocky, sarcastic, mysterious, and perhaps a little disturbed, not to mention aggravatingly sexy. But the more Perry works alongside Dex, her sanity tested at every turn, the more she realizes that falling for this man might just be the scariest thing of all.

Sometimes the ghosts we really need to fear are the ones that live in our pasts.

Publication Date: May 25, 2026
ASIN: B0050Q6HQK

Reader Reviews

An incredibly thrilling roller coaster ride - EIT Series rocks

July 9, 2013

I am not a huge ghost buff. That being said, I absolutely adored this series. Darkhouse was free at Amazon, so I tried it. I ended up participating on the Experiment in Terror Challenge which is probably still going on but I read the series straight through. It was A W E S O M E!!! I had read \"On Every Street\" and \"Sins and Needles\" so I knew what I reading pleasure Karina Halle can give because of that series (publishers snapped that series up for all you not-so-kind people who doubt and...

Suspenseful and spooky

November 1, 2013

I read a lot. I mean a lot. It's not normal for me not to have a book that I am currently reading. Here lately I haven't been. I hit a lag. A readers blog as you will. I would pick up one book, read a little, get bored, pick up another one and so on until I was currently reading 4 books but not really reading it. I just couldn't find that one book that made me say, \"oh my gosh! This is soo good!\" It had been a while since I found one so good that I couldn't put it down. I used to have that...

Feels like a teaser to start the series - Good, but could have been better

February 11, 2014

So many of my friends love this series. I finally got around to trying it, and while I'm not immediately enamoured of it I am intrigued enough to want to continue. Perry is a fantastic main character, and I can see the potential for the ghost story-lines. Plus I'm told that it gets better and better. Considering this is something I say about one of my favorite series...well, I'll definitely be continuing. I think your enjoyment of this book is going to ride or die on whether you like Perry....

One of my favorites series. Slow starting, but worth the ride.

March 2, 2014

What I love the most about this series, and this book in particular, are it's characters. The story is undeniably riveting, though somewhat slow paced at times as it delves into the intricate backgrounds and personalities of Perry and Dex, two amateur ghost hunters as they dive into the mystery surrounding a haunted 'darkhouse'. Perry was both irritating and endearing. I think what most attracts me to Karina Halle's book are her honest portrayals of the characters. As with The Artists Trilogy,...

Action! Adventure! Ghosts!

December 3, 2013

This was recommended to me and I am so glad I decided to pick it up. For a quick and easy read, this story was full of action, adventure, ghosts and fun. Perry is a Millenial (twenty-something) and all she wants is a life that is meaningful (in a 22 year old's head). She has a job she doesn't like (shocker there, she's 22) and a family who means well, but is overbearing. Perry has 'struggled' to this point in her life, feeling misunderstood, lashing out in her teens, turning to drugs. But, she...