Cannonball Read 18

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The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

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I didn’t like this as much as I liked House of Hollow, but there is no one writing fantastical horror atmosphere like Krystal Sutherland. Immaculate vibes. Cool and creepy worldbuilding. I am for sure reading any and all future books from her. This is also one of those cases where genre and marketing are getting in the way of people finding her books and liking them. She writes YA only because her protagonists are young. In almost every other respect, this is adult stuff, adult […]

Sabrina the Teenage Witches

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

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Well they are all teenagers but definitely not the ABC Family Sabrina type witches, more the Netflix PG-13 type Sabrinas. Sadly no wisecracking Salem the cat here either, though there is a big silent demon. Zara Jones is desperately trying to find a way to bring her murdered sister back from the dead. Jude Wolf is a billionaire’s daughter suffering from a curse gone horribly wrong. Both girls urgently need a real witch to help them. Emer Byrne is a curse writer from a deceased […]

Impeccably Spooky Vibes

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

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For this oh so spooky season! When Iris Hollow was seven years old, she and her two sisters disappeared for a month, only to reappear with no memories of where they’ve been or what had happened to them.  Now ten years later, Iris’s oldest sister has gone missing again.  Iris and Viv, the middle sister, must follow the breadcrumbs that Grey has left behind. However finding Grey means finding out the truth, the horrible secret Grey has been keeping from Iris all along. I picked […]

House of Hollow

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

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“We all knew too well what could happen to girls on poorly lit streets at night, because it had happened to us. Then again, all girls knew that…” It happened on New Year’s Eve years and years ago. The three Hollow sisters were walking down the street. The clock turned to midnight, and their parents looked away to kiss, just a moment. When they looked back, the girls were gone. They searched high and low, but they couldn’t be found. One month later, the girls […]

Welcome to Gracetown

Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland

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Henry Page has led a fairly uneventful life; his young life’s ambition is to be editor of his high school newspaper and eventually get into a good college. Then the aloof Grace Town comes walking (limping?) into his life using a cane, wearing oversized boys’ clothing and keeping mostly to herself. The two of them are named co-editors of the newspaper and because this is a work of YA Henry finds himself falling for the mysterious manic pixie dream girl. Like any good MPDG worth […]

“Fears can’t become full-blown phobias if you avoid them, and phobias can’t kill you if you don’t have them…”

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I loved this book! I was just feeling lost and didn’t connect with any of the books I was trying to read, so I looked at what was available on the library website, and checked this one out. The Solar family was cursed by Death. Every member of the family has one great fear, and that fear will be the thing that kills them. Esther started her Semi-Definitive List of Worst Fears because of the curse. She writes down anything that scares her even a […]



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