Reviews by Category: Paranormal

Teen Review
Asylum

Asylum

By Madeleine Roux
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
DT
Jul 12, 2024

The book starts as 16-year-old Dan Crawford enters a summer program called the New Hampshire College Prep Program for gifted students. This is where he feels he can truly embrace his odd passions involving psychology and history. After Dan arrives, he soon finds out that the dorms have been moved to an old psychiatric hospital called Brookline. Interested in the dark history of the place, Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, delve into Brookline's abandoned hallways and hidden rooms.

Teen Review
One for Sorrow

One for Sorrow

By Mary Downing Haha
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jul 12, 2024

Summary: One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn is a haunting tale of bullying and revenge set during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. The story follows Annie, a new girl at school who befriends the mean-spirited Elsie. Despite Annie's attempts to distance herself, Elsie relentlessly clings to her, leading to a tragic series of events when Elsie dies and returns as a ghost seeking vengeance.

Teen Review
Dracula

Dracula

By Bram Stoker
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Z. Ahmed
Jul 10, 2024

Bram Stoker's Dracula is a Gothic horror masterpiece that has shaped vampire lore for over a century. The novel's interesting format, combining journal entries, letters, and newspaper articles, creates an immersive and suspenseful narrative. The novel begins with Jonathan Harker, a young English solicitor, traveling to Transylvania to help Count Dracula with a real estate transaction. Harker soon becomes a prisoner in Dracula's castle and discovers the Count's vampiric nature.

Teen Review
Practical Magic book cover

Practical Magic

By Alice Hoffman
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
May 3, 2024

“My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." 

After the sudden death of their parents, two sisters move to a sleepy Massachusetts town to live with their eccentric aunts. The family has a secret, an affinity with magic which makes them live town pariahs. Growing up the sisters must learn to work together, as nothing binds people quite like magic.

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