Now she realized she had been moving too fast and had allowed herself to fall in love with someone without knowing them at all-a mistake she vows she was never going to make again. For you see, Hendricks had thought she was dating the perfect guy, until an incident on prom night made him show his true colors. The Haunted follows Hendricks Becker-O’Malley, a teenager who is determined to begin her new life with a clean slate in the small town her parents moved them to following an incident back at her old high school. Not that there’s really anything wrong with that, but I wish I’d had the chance to adjust my expectations before I started. Instead, I was presented with a rather tame paranormal novel about a girl who moves into a haunted house, but most of the plot actually revolved around her social relationships and boys.

Still, from an author being promoted as “YA’s answer to Stephen King”, I did originally think The Haunted was going to be a lot more frightening or, at the very least, somewhat spookier. Publisher: Listening Library (June 4, 2019)Įven though I love reading YA horror, I know enough about the genre conventions to not expect that much in the way of thrills and chills. This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own.

if they don't take her first.I received a review copy from the publisher. With help from the mysterious boy next door, Hendricks makes it her mission to take down the ghosts. And, then, one night, things take a violent turn. Voices whisper in her ear as she lays in bed. But Hendricks isn't sure if it's the demons of her past haunting her. Hendricks learns from new friends at school that Steele House-the fixer upper her parents are so excited about-is notorious in town. Hendricks wants to lay low and forget her dark, traumatic past. That's what Hendricks Becker-O'Malley's parents said when they moved their family to the tiny town of Drearfield, New York. ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 'S 'BIGGEST AND BEST YA BOOKS OF THE SUMMER'įrom Danielle Vega, YA's answer to Stephen King, comes a new paranormal novel about dark family secrets, deep-seated vengeance, and the horrifying truth that evil often lurks in the unlikeliest of places.Ĭlean slate.

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