A Room Away from the Wolves, by Nova Ren Suma

Bina holds a deep resentment towards her mother.  Years ago, they nearly succeeded in running away to New York to escape Bina's abusive Dad.  But on the way out of town, they were "rescued" by a man who gave them a safe place to sleep.  Bina's Mom decided she liked it there and abandoned their plan, but Bina never did.  After years in this new prison, Bina decides to run away finally to the City on her own.

She has a destination -- Catherine House -- a boarding house for young women trying to escape from their pasts. But when she finds it, it seems to not be the haven she had hoped for.  Bina is allowed to move in to the recently vacated (and only available) room and is welcomed but not welcome.  The place is full of mysterious passages, invisible staff, secrets, and a foreboding sense of tragedy. At first desperate to be allowed to stay, Bina begins to fear that she will never be allowed to leave.

Mystery upon mystery are piled on in this atmospheric horror novel.  But while well-written, the story is too much mystery and too little resolution.  The author delights in presenting things that don't make sense and then compounding secrets with characters who do not explain themselves and a protagonist who tries too little to figure things out.  Rather than resolve any of this in the end, she simply piles more mysteries on, leaving us with the burning question of "what the f*** was that all about?!"