House of Hollow gave me all the dark chills and thrills I look for in YA horror and then added in a dash of modern-day fairytale, Grimm style, for good measure. It is eerie and haunting, creepy and fantastical and left me wanting more. I had an overwhelming feeling throughout that I can only describe as sinister and foreboding but in the most delicious way possible.
Iris knows there’s something different about herself and her two older sisters, Vivi and Grey. Since the Hollow sisters returned from a month-long absence when they were children, an absence they don’t remember, there’s been certain changes. Black eyes and hair that changed color from dark to white and each girl with a hook shaped scar on their chest and …. a few other things that I’ll leave for the reader to discover. When Grey disappears again, Iris and Vivi set out to find her using an odd set of clues that only the sisters can decipher. Following Greys clues just may get them more than they bargained for and a past they may have to reckon with.
There was a time during the book that I had to question just where exactly my own moral compass lay but to uncover this would be to spoil and I won’t do that! I think that going in to this book with the synopsis alone is the chefs kiss to experiencing the pure horror of this tale to its full extent.
Ms. Sutherland wrote a spectacular tale, rich in detail and world building with enigmatic characters that were easy to invest in. House of Hollow is a spell-binding page-turner, twisty and bendy in all the right places and I. Could. Not. Stop. Reading.
My thanks to Penguin Teen and the author for gifting me a DRC in exchange for my review.
Iris knows there’s something different about herself and her two older sisters, Vivi and Grey. Since the Hollow sisters returned from a month-long absence when they were children, an absence they don’t remember, there’s been certain changes. Black eyes and hair that changed color from dark to white and each girl with a hook shaped scar on their chest and …. a few other things that I’ll leave for the reader to discover. When Grey disappears again, Iris and Vivi set out to find her using an odd set of clues that only the sisters can decipher. Following Greys clues just may get them more than they bargained for and a past they may have to reckon with.
There was a time during the book that I had to question just where exactly my own moral compass lay but to uncover this would be to spoil and I won’t do that! I think that going in to this book with the synopsis alone is the chefs kiss to experiencing the pure horror of this tale to its full extent.
Ms. Sutherland wrote a spectacular tale, rich in detail and world building with enigmatic characters that were easy to invest in. House of Hollow is a spell-binding page-turner, twisty and bendy in all the right places and I. Could. Not. Stop. Reading.
My thanks to Penguin Teen and the author for gifting me a DRC in exchange for my review.