Review of Service by Lauren Mooney

Danielle thought that by her thirties she’d have her life together, especially after moving in with her long-term partner. Instead, she’s burnt out by her corporate job, skint, and crashing on her best friend’s couch after she and said partner agree to a three-month break — with Danielle drawing the short straw and moving out of the flat they shared. But when her friend’s landlord decides she’s overstayed her welcome, Danielle has no choice but to accept an offer from her already hellish boss: caretaking her family’s isolated home in the Yorkshire wilderness.

With a darkly funny spin on what feels like The Haunting of Hill House meets workplace mishaps, Danielle is loving the freedom of working occasionally from home and all of the space of this stately home... But when her boss and her eye-rollingly annoyed privileged son come to stay, mixed with vividly haunting sleep paralysis, Danielle needs to leave, and she needs to leave immediately!

Fun, sharp and unique, I really can’t wait to read more from Lauren.

Published on 25.06.2026 by Manilla

Reviewed by Danielle

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