3 out of 5 stars
I received this book free from NetGalley.
Haley Spade is a 15 year old who, after her parents die and her
grandparents take her in, is shipped off to an exclusive boarding school in
Connecticut. Several students believe that the angry ghosts of six students who
committed suicide decades ago still haunt its halls. Haley doesn’t believe in ghosts, so on a dare, she spends the night
wandering through the “haunted” building to prove they don’t exist. What she
doesn’t realize is that someone has convinced Oliver, a fellow classmate, to
sneak into the building as well to scare her. She figures it out pretty quickly
and she and Oliver decide to investigate together. Unfortunately they end up
taking a wrong turn and next thing you know they are on an adventure where
secret doors take you into stories within stories and worlds within worlds.
They encounter magical creatures like the King of the Cats, a shapeshifting
crow, elves—and a menace far more terrifying than any ghost.
A young adult fantasy novel, this book started off really well and
sucked me right in. It continued to hold my interest until the last half of the
book. Although I still enjoyed it, the second part wasn’t as thrilling as the
first part and I felt myself not quite as captured by it as before. There was
quite a bit of action and enough magical creatures to satisfy one’s fantasy
thirst however. There were moments though when I would have to go back and
re-read paragraphs just because there are so many twists and turns that at
times I would become a little confused on how it all tied into one another, but
the story was an enjoyable one and I would definitely recommend it.
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