I went Into this book expecting a stand-alone YA Contemporary with something like mystery or mental-illness...
Guess I should have checked goodreads better.
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?
Don't be misguided by the overwhelmingly pink cover.
It's a short read, and I flew through it. The creepy atmosphere and weirdness certainly helped. But really, the first half or so I thought this was just a YA Contemporary. It had the standard set-up for that genre: New Girl, Clique of popular girls with a two-faced leader, Popular boy who falls for the new girl, one eccentric friend, blah blah blah. Boy, was I wrong. "The Merciless" is actually a paranormal fantasy/ horror novel. I sure realized that when I was in the last chapter or something. There's a BIG, jaw dropping plot twist that will leave you stunned.
2. Can tolerate a mostly cliché plot
3. Like twisted endings
Guess I should have checked goodreads better.
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?
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?
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?
It's a short read, and I flew through it. The creepy atmosphere and weirdness certainly helped. But really, the first half or so I thought this was just a YA Contemporary. It had the standard set-up for that genre: New Girl, Clique of popular girls with a two-faced leader, Popular boy who falls for the new girl, one eccentric friend, blah blah blah. Boy, was I wrong. "The Merciless" is actually a paranormal fantasy/ horror novel. I sure realized that when I was in the last chapter or something. There's a BIG, jaw dropping plot twist that will leave you stunned.
Just my type of ending. Except that I found out later that this is part of a series. *Sigh* It would've been really cool if the story had ended just with the first book, but now we'll be getting another Mean Girls-esque paranormal fantasy.
so, read this if you
1. Like creepy books 2. Can tolerate a mostly cliché plot
3. Like twisted endings
I give "The Merciless"
3.7 STARS
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