Sofia is the new girl in school. She just wants to make friends, and be included instead of a laughing stock, like at her old school. At first she meets the rebel of the school Brooklyn, and cute boy Charlie. But Riley is the “It” girl at the school. Everyone wants to be her friend. She is the bubbly, bouncy, god loving leader of the pack. And leader is just the way to put it. Did I mention she is crazy.

You read that right. Riley is crazy. She insistes that her crew (Riley, Alexis, and Grace) have to perform an exorcism on Brooklyn, and Sofia has to help. They steal of into the night, to an abandoned house, tie Brooklyn to a post and proceed to do terrible things to her. All in the name of getting right with the Lord. Sofia, knows what is going on is wrong. She does, but she’s stuck. Literally. Riley has nailed all the windows and doors shut.

My friend said this was the best horror novel for teens she had read in a while, and while yes, it was better than any others I read this year, I didn’t find it wowed me. The violence and cruelty are intense. The turnabout wasn’t completely expected, but wasn’t that off beat either. As I was reading this book I kept wondering how it could spawn two sequels. When you get to the end, you want the sequel, but I don’t need a sequel. I will probably read them since I own them, but this will not be a book I read over and over again. That being said it would make an AWESOME horror movie.

#beatthebacklist #george These friends have to be thicker than thieves to perform an exorcism and torture someone together.
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