A chilling and masterfully crafted teen horror novel guaranteed to keep the pages turning, the mind reeling, and the lamp on any reader's bedside table on long after midnight.
Privileged and popular Caleb Mason is celebrating his high school graduation when he receives a mysterious, disturbing letter from his long-lost childhood playmate, Christine. Caleb and his jokester friend Bean decide to travel to his tiny hometown of Hudsonville, Florida, to find her. Upon arrival, they discover the town has taken a horrifying turn for the worse. Caleb's childhood home is abandoned and his father has disappeared. Children are going missing. The old insane asylum has reopened, and Christine is locked inside. Her mother, a witch, is consumed with madness, and Christine's long-dead twin sister whispers clues to Caleb through the static of an a.m. radio. The terrifying prophesies of the spirits are coming to pass. Sixteen clocks are ticking; sixty-six murdered souls will bring about the end of the world. As Caleb peels back layer after layer of mystery, he uncovers a truth more horrible than anything he had imagined, a truth that could only be uttered by the lips of the dead.
Recommended: Yes.
About The Sleepwalkers
Available as: Paperback $8.90 from Amazon.com, E-book $7.96 from Amazon.com's Kindle Edition
Recommended Ages: 16 and Up
Paperback: 329 pgs.
Published: October 3rd 2011 by HCI Teens
For This Review: *Book Copy Provided For Review by Publisher at Netgalley*
The Sleepwalkers was some horror novel! When Caleb returns to his hometown of let's say country people or southern folk this novel gets way stranger. This is a story with lots of mystery that has to do with a small town involved in some disturbing behavior. A while back in Caleb's hometown children began disappearing and everyone just turned their back on it all. A mistake really since now there are white cloaked, freaky, creatures hunting the town's inhabitants. Behind these figures exists a darker design at work. Caleb ,our main male lead, finds on his return to said town his childhood friend, Christine, and his own father is missing pushing Caleb to uncover the madness surrounding these "Sleepwalkers". By then the story gets actually terrifying with the inclusion of these twisted and vicious Sleepwalkers. The flow of the story is a smooth force that has this heady, desperate sense that is likable since it comes off to scare you. For though this is a horror/mystery novel it definitely has its own romance moments which are obvious from how devoted Caleb is to save Christine, the girl he finds himself increasingly thinking about.
The characters in The Sleepwalkers are really interesting characters. Told from a male point of view which has an intriguing storytelling to it. With Caleb being such a strait-laced guy which is refreshing. Christine, Caleb’s love interest, is a pretty determined, opinionated, and all-around charismatic character as well. Then there is Caleb’s best friend Bean, he brings in lots of comedic relief in how he is very frank and just plain goofy. All the characters are good in their own way. The book sets a lilting tone of obscurity that is complementing on the whole.This is one novel to be on the lookout for, if you are a horror/mystery fan with its surreal tone of voice that is worthy of uncovering by any reader.
Overall: Amazing read!
Genre: Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Young Adult, Occult, Psychological
Contains: Mention of Sexually Inappropriate Situations, Devious/Mad characters, Fight of Good vs. Evil
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2 comments:
I love a good YA horror. Thanks for this review. I'm a new follower from Book Blogs. http://kellyhashway.blogspot.com
Hi Kelly
Will have to follow your blog!
This is definitely a good one.
So happy I could read thanks to Netgalley.
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