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Nov 14, 2018
This was a quick-paced novel that was easy to read and I was intrigued to read. The relationship between the protagonists did seem a bit forced so it was hard for me to get into the book at the beginning. The characters were decent but didn’t strike me as anything truly special. Only the main two characters seemed to have any sort of development, and the other two characters seemed to fall a bit flat for me. There was a certain suspense aspect throughout the novel that kept me reading it. The book is not written with gory scenes until the end, so if you’re afraid of reading too much slasher type scenes don’t be worried. Overall, this book had a taste of horror but it was a fun cheesy novel. 3.5/5 Stars. @BSMarshmallows of the Hamilton Public Library Teen Review Board There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins in book format This book is about a girl named Makani who moved to town a year ago from Hawaii and is navigating her senior year. She has friends who care about her, parents who don’t, and a grandmother that she takes care of since her parents shipped her away. Over the summer she had something with a loner named Ollie. Everything seems to be going normal, she figures out her relationship with Ollie and the year is going fine until someone gets murdered. Then, a series of other murders of students in Makani’s high school comes next. Each time someone gets killed, the book shifts to their perspective and shows how the killer moves things around their house to make their victims think they are crazy before killing them. No one is safe in this chilling novel and even Makani has a run in with the murderer and is forced to reveal her past and how she was almost sent to jail. I would give this book 5/5 because normally I am not a fan or horror books but this one was so interesting and unique in how the author managed to creep you out. It also has a love story, a trans guy and an African American girl without making those the centre of the story. They way that the author describes the struggles of Makani is accurate and the fact her best friend is trans isn’t the centre of his character as it is in most books. @skybooks of the Hamilton Public Library Teen Review Board