Asylum Hotel by Juliet Blackwell
Publication Date: July 29th 2025 by Berkley
Pages: 384
Source: Publisher
Rating: ★★★★
My
Thoughts:
Aubrey Spencer is vacationing near the old Hotel Seabrink,
indulging her hobby of photographing abandoned buildings of architectural interest.
The hotel has a mixed history with a few deaths and is rumored to be haunted.
She finds out more about its history when she runs into Dimitri Petroff
scouting the location to feature on his popular podcast. Dimitri and Aubrey have
an immediate connection and end up spending the night together. However, when
Aubrey wakes up, she’s startled to discover Dimitri left sometime in the night
and fell to his death from the cliffs outside her hotel room.
The responding deputy is convinced that Dimitri took his own
life, but Aubrey can’t fathom it. He was excited about his new show, and they
had an amazing night together. There’s also rumors that Dimitri died because of
the curse on Hotel Seabrink. Aubrey is determined to get to the bottom of
things. Her friend Nikki joins her to help. I liked their supportive friendship
and the fun back and forth they had even in some scary circumstances!
Asylum Hotel was a fun mix of paranormal and mystery! I loved
the misty Northern California coastal setting which gave it an atmospheric and
spooky vibe! It sounded haunting and beautiful! The past and present collide in
a page-turning, thrilling conclusion!
4 Stars
Book Description:
When a mysterious figure shows up in the photograph an architect takes of the derelict Seabrink Hotel, ghostly encounters and murder are unleashed.
Aubrey Spencer loves photographing classic old buildings and abandoned places that hold old secrets. The Hotel Seabrink, perched overlooking the sea, is one such place. Currently abandoned but scheduled for a major renovation, it has a torrid history. Back in the 1920s it hosted A-list celebrity clientele, and now the locals insist it is haunted by the ghosts of two young women who died there. When Aubrey goes to photograph the site before the renovation begins, she bumps into a man named Dimitri Petroff, a minor online celebrity who shares her fascination with old buildings, the Hotel Seabrink in particular.
When he is found dead the next day at the base of a cliff, the police are quick to close the investigation. But Aubrey feels unsettled by locals who claim he was murdered and that it’s not the first time someone interested in the hotel was killed. As she digs deeper into the property’s dark history (and its origins as an asylum) as well as Dimitri’s professional rivalries, she becomes mired in an unsolved murder case from several decades earlier, one with eerie parallels to the contemporary case. But someone is determined to keep her from discovering the truth—at any cost.
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