House of Hollow: Chapters 10–14

by Krystal Sutherland
When Iris's eldest sister goes missing, she, her middle sister, and her eldest sister's boyfriend search for her, but they risk learning more than they want to about a haunting and mysterious incident from the sisters' past.

Here are links to our lists for the book: Prologue–Chapter 5, Chapters 6–9, Chapters 10–14, Chapters 15–19, Chapters 20–24
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  1. implausible
    having a quality that provokes disbelief
    Even with the craziest bits left out, it was a wild, implausible story from a wild, implausible family.
  2. tableau
    any dramatic scene
    It was a tableau I recognized: Cate kneeling by her bed, the photograph of me and my sisters and my father in her hand.
  3. volatile
    marked by erratic changeableness in affections
    Vivi was volatile like that.
  4. swaggering
    flamboyantly adventurous
    Even against the bland background of a suburban London kitchen, there was a swaggering, pirate-like energy to Tyler Yang, intensified by his smudged eyeliner, billowy floral shirt and leopard print House of Hollow trench coat that covered his tattooed arms.
  5. cavalier
    showing a lack of concern or seriousness
    Tyler Yang was confident and cocky and cavalier.
  6. renown
    the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
    With a hundred thousand Instagram followers, the once aspiring catwalk model had become a makeup artist and hairstylist of some renown.
  7. haute couture
    trend-setting fashions
    It was an haute couture photo shoot with models wandering around in transparent raincoat ball gowns and jumpsuits made from netted rope, their faces glazed with bloodred eye shadow and neon-pink freckles.
  8. artisanal
    (of a product, food, or drink) made by hand
    It was packed, as it was every Saturday, with people buying sourdough bread and artisanal doughnuts and bunches of flowers and vintage Barbour waxed jackets.
  9. caustic
    harsh or corrosive in tone
    The trees were a scraggy mess of naked branches, and the cold was too caustic to allow anyone to linger for too long.
  10. malevolent
    having or exerting a malignant influence
    There was the unsettling energy. Something malevolent, below the surface.
  11. anomalous
    deviating from the general or common order or type
    There was nothing outwardly strange about it. No bumps or lumps or hidden compartments. Nothing anomalous at all except the line of ants.
  12. exonerate
    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
    “You two are supposed to be exonerating me, not critiquing hideous decor choices.”
  13. bric-a-brac
    small decorative objects
    We spent the next afternoon dumping all her bric-a-brac into boxes bound for storage until she had enough money for her own apartment.
  14. folie a deux
    a delusion experienced by two people simultaneously
    “Folie à deux, Little Hollow. Or in this case, folie à trois.”
  15. predisposition
    the state of being susceptible to a disease or condition
    It ran in our family, this predisposition to derangement.
Created on Fri Jul 03 04:19:59 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Jul 28 12:46:52 EDT 2026)

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