They were such a strong presence in her identity and gave her a safe place from which to deal with all the craziness. I hope we get more of Sofia’s mum and abuela (grandmother) in the sequel. The narrative doesn’t get involved in the mythology of religion, possessions, and demons, just observes what is happening. Her Latino heritage played into the religious aspect too. Sofia was a great choice for a protagonist, new to the school with a hidden past. After being introduced to Danielle Vega’s writing with ‘ Survive the Night’ I expected great things and wasn’t disappointed. This book is definitely a well-written YA horror. In the last half of the book I was squirming at the tension and excitement. ‘ The Merciless’ definitely creeped me out. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn-but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged.
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I just think that you’re less constrained in the horror genre, you can get away with the kind of stuff you couldn’t in more conventional writing. I read this book when I was eighteen and thought “if people are getting paid to write shit like this I must have got a chance myself…” That’s why I get worried when people write to me now and say, “I read one of your books and thought I’d like to write…” I always wonder if it’s for the same reasons I started, it wouldn’t surprise me. However, if I hadn’t read a really fucking awful horror book (I won’t name it) I don’t think I’d ever have started myself to be honest. I also started going to the pictures every week during my teens and saw countless films there and on TV but I think horror was my biggest love so I suppose it was just natural progression that I would go on to write it for myself. I’d always been a fan of horror films ever since I was a kid (my mum took me to see the Hammer remake of Phantom of the Opera when I was about eight and I had my first nightmare that night) and I collected the horror magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland (younger readers are now wondering exactly how fucking old I am and are also checking Wikipedia to find out what the hell Famous Monsters of Filmland was) and read the Pan books of Horror Stories before graduating to ‘proper’ horror, books like The Exorcist when I was a teenager. What first attracted you to horror writing? **Joyless is a MMF romance with its own HEA, and while it explores new characters, it is highly recommended that you read Volume 1 first, as the timeline mirrors that of Distorted and there will be references to Distorted in Joyless that could spoil book 1. Let’s hope, for all our sakes, Inmate #101 doesn’t do anything stupid. The mask is slipping, control I can’t lose wavering as we welcome our newest psycho to the roster. But with him in the picture, I’m struggling to keep it intact. Let it be known, denying myself and dominating this role is my default setting. He has no business luring me into something that will get everyone hurt. Rook… with his green eyes and country boy smile… Flipping me upside down, using my own hidden desires to tempt me. It’s the two of us against this wicked, secluded world.Īlthough we need him, the rookie is a problem. Together we rule Alabaster Isle like Bonnie and Clyde, only prettier and far more dangerous. Joy Jameson is my partner in crime, and my ex. Hands dirtier than my mind, I have no qualms with staying ruthless to keep these creatures in line. If these walls could talk, I’m telling you… they’d scream. Prisoners ourselves on an island of manipulation, we’ve spent years drowning in vices to dull reality. 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