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4/5 ✨

This is one of the creepiest MG books I have ever read.

The Cavendish home at the end of the street is a Victorian manor, dark and gleaming with secrets that seems to be the key to the disappearance of the town kids. In this novel, we follow Victoria who is trying to find her missing friend, Lawrence. Before long, Victoria gets herself lost in the spooky-but-gorgeous Victorian manor house, The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, where she meets the creepy but charismatic Mrs. Cavendish and learns that all is not what it seems in Stepford-like Belleville.

With a lovely description meant to haunt you—the dark walls move and breathe in the house—and a great sense of foreboding, this book will leave you looking under your bed at night.

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5.0

Wow, this was a great, fun, marvelous book. :)

It had a bit of horror, magic and a school were scary stuff happen. Kids who disappear and come back (if they come back) totally changed.

I loved our main lead girl, she was spunky, and although I didn't like her in the beginning (she was a tad bit too much), I loved her at the end, how she just pushed through, how she never stops. And she learned a few wise lessons. :)

I hope for more books by this author. :)

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adventurous dark

4.0

rjdenney's review against another edition

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5.0

Now that was a GOOD READ!

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It was creepy, spooky, scary, icky, wicked, and horrifyingly delicious. I can’t believe I waited so long to take this off of my shelf and give it a go. The story was amazing and fun and a few parts gave me the creeps, which is hard for books to do to me sometimes. I applaud this book for that.

This is about a young snooty twelve-year-old girl whose peculiar best friend goes missing and of course she has to find out what happened to him and that is when the creepiness begins. I thought I knew what this book was going to be about before I opened it and even 50 pages in I thought I still knew but then it took a turn and twisted into something completely different. This felt like two amazing books in one. It started out as a contemporary spookfest and then slammed right into a fantastical and horrifying roller-coaster, I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWWWWWWN.

If you enjoyed The Spiderwick Chronicles or Coraline then I’d say to read this NOW! Also, I’d recommend keeping a can of bug spray nearby in case you start to feel like creepy little beetles are nuzzled in your sleeves or ticking around in your blankets, cause this book will do that to you, trust me.

- Richard

moomoo_'s review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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anna3101's review against another edition

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4.0

Great book! It really gave me the creeps :) Not all books for children can be read by adults but this one is a nice read for any age. Well ok, maybe not for any. I wouldn't like to come across it as a child actually. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night! :) But I do recommend it - it's mysterious, scary and intriguing.

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5.0

"parents, police, reporters, they won't help you. you'll be on your own. and it probably won't work. you'll get stuck too. she'll have you. and if you get out, you won't remember enough to tell anyone, and even if you do end up remembering, you won't want to, and you won't want to say anything. you'll be too afraid. like me. and if you don't get out, you'll never, ever leave."

this book... good lord. anything i could possibly say about it wouldn't be enough to encompass just how good it was, or how life-changing. also, this book and [b:The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires|44074800|The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires|Grady Hendrix|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1584222716l/44074800._SY75_.jpg|68534292] are holding hands, because they're both about how society refuses to believe women (and/or children) when they say they're being abused, and about how communities are frequently complicit in abuse through inaction.

also having some other, less cohesive thoughts that i may add later.

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