The Rotting Room: A Historical Horror Novel

The Rotting Room: A Historical Horror Novel

Viggy Parr Hampton

Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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"I am ready to join the Sisterhood of Viggy after reading The Rotting Room. Time to take my vows, now that I've novitiated on this awe-inspiring novel, and commit myself to a lifelong calling of reading whatever Parr Hampton writes." —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your EyesSister Rafaela, a newcomer to the cloistered Sisters of Divine Innocence, yearns for redemption from her horrific past. However, her new abbey, bound by a vow of silence and a disturbing burial ritual, hides its own sinister secrets. When a mysterious stranger arrives and dies soon after, her body resists decomposition, sparking fevered claims of sainthood among the nuns… but Rafaela suspects something far darker. As the abbey teeters on the edge of madness, Rafaela and local priest Father Bruno race to uncover whether the Sisters of Divine Innocence are graced by a divine miracle—or consumed by unspeakable evil. "Hampton delivers a masterclass in narrative restraint, yet refuses to pull her punches. By taking its vows alongside The First Omen, Immaculate, and Suspiria, The Rotting Room ascends to horror literature heaven." —Nick Roberts, author of The Exorcist's House and Mean Spirited“Dreadfully atmospheric and alluringly oppressive, The Rotting Room is a testament to the heart of religious horror, Viggy Parr Hampton’s writing irresistibly smooth like gothic butter.” —Mona Kabbani, author of The Color of Blood


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  • Julielife
    May 06, 2025
    Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0
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    Thank you to BookSirens for sending me this free ARC. I'm leaving this review voluntarily, all opinions are my own. Viggy Parr Hampton, you've done it again! I said it before for Much Too Vulgar, the way that this author writes deranged, mentally-unwell characters is mind-blowing. Here we are stuck in such an unique setting : a religious convent of Sisters following a vow of silence. The intrigue : the rotting room (or as the Sisters call it "the chamber of divine decomposition"). The fact that the Sisters can only speak for one hour per day makes the storytelling even more tense. I couldn't have predicted this ending, I'm still wondering how much of it was real, iykyk !

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