The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle (review)

 

 

The Hallowed Ones (1)

By Laura Bickle

 

 

Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Paranormal

Published: Sept 2012

Pages: 320

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

 

 

 

Summary:  Katie is on the verge of her Rumspringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can get a taste of the real world. But the real world comes to her in this dystopian tale with a philosophical bent. Rumors of massive unrest on the “Outside” abound. Something murderous is out there. Amish elders make a rule: No one goes outside, and no outsiders come in. But when Katie finds a gravely injured young man, she can’t leave him to die. She smuggles him into her family’s barn—at what cost to her community? The suspense of this vividly told, truly horrific thriller will keep the pages turning.

 

 

 

Review:  Creepy! I was not expecting to be wigged out with this book. That does not happen very often. Especially for a 'young adult' book!

The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Under the Bed (review)

 

 The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle:    The Thing Under the Bed 

By Patrick Ruthfuss

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Humor
Published Oct 31 2012
Pages: 80

Publisher: Sea Lion Books

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Summary: It looks like a children's book. It has pictures. It has a saccharine-sweet title. The main characters are a little girl and her teddy bear. But all of that is just protective coloration. The truth is, this is a book for adults with a dark sense of humor and an appreciation of old-school faerie tales.

There are three separate endings to the book. Depending on where you stop, you are left with an entirely different story. One ending is sweet, another is horrible. The last one is the true ending, the one with teeth in it.

The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle is a dark twist on the classic children's picture-book. I think of it as Calvin and Hobbes meets Coraline, with some Edward Gorey mixed in.