This book was an amazing debut by the author. There were parts when I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what was going to happen next. There were more times where I reacted out loud to what the characters were doing, much to the amusement of my husband. I wasn't sure how it was all going to come together once we got to the first climax. I will admit I was worried that it would end up being a rush job to tie everything together but personally I found it came together quite nicely.

This is a book that I would have loved just as much as if I were the projected age group for it, and it did remind me of some of the suspense/horror novels I read as a young book dragon. The change here is that it also educated about something that I honestly didn't know about even as an adult. And I like how the kids were believable. I felt every bit of unfairness that Iris went through, even looking at it through an adult gaze and could see how she felt the way she did. There were some plot points I that I could see coming and yet I was surprised by a few of the curve balls that were lobbed at us.

This was a fantastic book for me. It touched all the points I want in a horror novel for this age group and even brought up a hint of nostalgia of reading when I was younger. Sometimes it's easy to lose the magic of reading and this is one of the books that reminded me why I liked reading as a younger person and why I still love it now. So kudos should be given for that alone. If I were a teacher I would read this to my class or at the very least start a book club so we could read and discuss it.

Would recommend.
Would re-read.
Glad I bought my own copy, because it's a keeper.