The Merciless by Danielle Vega

The Merciless by Danielle Vega

Goodreads Blurb:

Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned

Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.

Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.

Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls . . . unless she wants to be next. . . .

In this chilling debut, Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page. By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?

My thoughts: This book to me is a mix of Mean Girls with some elements of the movie the Craft. I read this book quickly, you can read in one sitting. The story and writing isn’t the greatest but it you are looking to read something quick to pass the time I would recommend this book. The Merciless if book 1 in this trilogy, I haven’t had the opportunity to read the other two but I am interested to see who the story has evolved since book 1 so I might continue with the series.

Asylum by Madeleine Roux

Asylum by Madeleine Roux

Goodreads Blurb: Asylum is a thrilling and creepy photo-novel perfect for fans of the New York Times bestseller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program—it's a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanatorium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum—a last resort for the criminally insane.

As Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their creepy summer home, they soon discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.

Featuring found photos of unsettling history and real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux's teen debut, Asylum, is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity.

My thoughts: It’s creepy, it’s in an old Asylum, and if you like Riggs’s Peculiar Children READ THIS BOOK. I love the mystery behind it all, why are the three characters there, how are they all connected. I found it to be a quick read and it’s not something you need to focus hard to follow. I would recommend this book if you are going on a short trip or trying to get out of a reading slump. This book one in the trilogy with some novellas in the middle. You don’t have to read the novellas, they just give you some extra background which you could find interesting.