Best horror novel of 2021!

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Okay, this is what I call a dark and weird horror book, a book that had me sleeping with the lights on for days. I loved Rules for Vanishing which was written by the same author, that book also had me sleeping with the lights on and I had stop reading because I would get so freaked out. Our Last Echoes starts out with a bang and never stops, it is eerie, full of twists, and why not throw in some alternate dimensions and supernatural occurrences throughout.

Sophia the main character almost drowned when she was three, she can’t quite remember what happened but around that same time her mother died in a Montana hospital leaving her orphaned. She has lived in foster care her whole life, but has finally aged out. She receives a weird phone call from a girl named Abby who knows where her mother disappeared, she never died like everyone told her. Sophia takes the strange tip about her mother and goes with it, she gets a summer job at an avian research center on a small and mysterious island in Alaska called Bitter Rock. Sophia has memories of being on this island with her mother, but it doesn’t make sense as this would be her first time ever going.

Once arriving she is told never go out at dark, lock the doors, and never go out in the mist. A lot of legends are told about this island. Dozens of people have gone missing over the years, with no traces of where they went. Food was still left on the table; dishes were still being washed when a whole group of people disappeared without a trace. I don’t want to say anything further about this book, because I went into it knowing the bare minimum and I think it made it so much better. I was honestly scared reading this book, right from the very first page I had mega goosebumps and knew it was going to be a crazy dark story. I loved where the plot went and honestly did not guess it at all. I did not expect it to be such a horror novel especially because it is classified as YA, but it was so good.

I can honestly say Our Last Echoes is now one of my favorite horror books of all time. The mysterious disappearances and legends about Bitter Rock, the very creepy atmosphere throughout the entire book, the unique plot of this book, put all of that together and you have a stellar horror book. Not to mention this book is written in a mixture of ways; video, dialogue, interviews, and past and present. If you are anything like me and love a book that will has you shaking with fear, then I highly recommend reading this book!