The Devouring by Simon Holt Book Review by Miranda Fraser (Moses) ISBN: 9780316035736 So far this has been my FAVORITE novel in the Halloween Book Review Series for 2018. It is such a good story! I purchased this book three years ago at a Half Price Books and KNEW it was going to be amazing but never found time to read it until now. This is the first book in a trilogy and believe me they want you to go from one book right into the other! Buuuuuut that wasn't an option for me just yet so I can't confirm if the rest of the series is as amazing as the first one. This is also Holt's first novel and I really hope he continues writing in this genre. The story revolves around a young girl named Regina and her family. Regina and her best friend, Aaron, are horror nerds from movies to books. Aaron prefers real horror and Regina, the fictional kind. She works at a book store called, "Something Wicked", which carries various genres but heavily focuses on Gothic literature, gruesome topics, and horror stories. The owner Eben is a wise, intelligent, friendly old man whom Reggie enjoys conversing with. Reggie's family is already dealing with a lot since their mother left them out of the blue. Her father is depressed and dealing poorly with this and Regina has had to play mom for her little brother. It's already hell being a teenager, imagine having to deal with this on top of it. One day a mysterious journal came into the store and Reggie brought it home to read it. She was fascinated by this unpublished horror she couldn't find anywhere. Her and her best friend decide to attempt the ritual at the beginning of the story, expecting it to be nothing more than a Bloody Mary type hoax. Something silly to do on 'Sorry Night'. In the days to come they discover that they unleashed a creature into their home that night. The Vour is a smokey non-physical being who enters a person's body and takes over their lives. These creatures feed on fear and pain- making an 8 year old little boy the perfect Target. Reggie's life has already been turned upside down but now she must find out what these creatures truly are, how to stop them, and if she can save her brother and her family before it's too late. With the help of Eben and Aaron she sets out to discover who wrote this journal and what options she has left to save Henry. Finally, this story is relatively fast paced. You'll find yourself turning pages trying to find out what happens next. I felt like I had only started the story when suddenly we were in the climactic final chapters racing against time itself. And I was really pleased to see the plot twists added by the author. Looking back at some of the beginning sections I suppose tiny nuggets of clues were laid out subtly, but it's truly one of those hind-sights-twenty-twenty type situations. I highly recommend this series to anyone who's looking for a fairly original horror story that you won't be able to put down. And as always link to the authors page can be found below.
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