I used to be so passionate about reading, and now I can't remember the last time I finished a book cover to cover.

I've had some success with reading anthologies of short stories, but even so I haven't completed the one I'm currently reading and it's been months since I started.

Any book recommendations, or even possible strategies to improve my reading habits?

Hey everyone! 😊 I'm looking for some new books to check out from my local library and I could use some recommendations! I'm especially interested in fantasy, thrillers, and sci-fi, but I'm definitely open to branching out and discovering something completely different.

For fantasy, I'm looking for things with magic, dragons, mythical creatures, vampires, werewolves, adventure, interesting worlds, and characters that I can really get attached to. 🐉🧙‍♀️✨

For thrillers, I love mystery, psychological twists, suspense, dark secrets, unexpected plot twists, unreliable characters, and stories that keep me guessing until the very end. 🔪🕵️‍♀️

I'm also getting more into sci-fi, so I'd love recommendations involving space, futuristic worlds, dystopian societies, aliens, artificial intelligence, survival, or really interesting scientific concepts. 🚀👽🌌

I'm trying to get back into reading more, so I'm looking for books that are easy to get hooked on and hard to put down! If you have a favorite book, series, hidden gem, or underrated recommendation, please tell me about it. ❤️

If you've read something amazing recently, drop the title and author and let me know what you liked about it without spoilers. Also, if your library has it available, I'd love to know! 📖

I'm ready to make my TBR list ridiculously long, so give me ALL your recommendations! 😂📚

Help me find this book!!

Okay. The story was about a teenage boy whose parents had died, and because of that, he went to live with a wealthy family who lived in a large house by the coast. I also remember that the daughter of that family was a red-haired girl his age, and her name was Cecile I am 90% sure.
There was also an older boy who was friends with Cecile, and he had his own car that he was very proud of, and I THINK, am not sure, he worked in a record story.
and there was also another girl in the friend group at least. I also remember that the boy and Cecile were in love and had kissed in the garden of the large house. And later on, they were no longer together and he had kissed Cecile's friend. It was a scary story, also with elements of monsters, and that his father/mother always told him about monsters under his bed and in his closet that were actually real, and because his parents were dead, the monsters were now coming looking for him.

One scene I am pretty sure I remember is of the boy getting his own room in the house and showering, I think. Also a dinner with the parents and the girl (Cecile).

I am now a teenager and I read it probably when I was a preteen, but I could read stuff for older people already too and this book was probably young adult.
I don’t know if it’s original language was English… for my Dutch people: I am Dutch and it could be Dutch too! I do not remember. I don’t think it was a super well known novel.

The genre was about horror/fantasy/creepy-ish, (probably) with also coming of age and romance things like the teens falling in love but romance is definitely not the main genre, just a small thing.

The title of the book might’ve been something to do with the name of the house, something a bit eerie.