Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine where the participants tell their readers about an upcoming release they are waiting to read. This week I've picked The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy.
Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again.
Now Stella is seventeen, and she's over it. She's the lucky one who survived, and sure, the case is still cloaked in mystery—and it's her small town's ugly legacy—but Stella is focused on the coming summer. She's got a great best friend, a hookup with an irresistibly crooked smile, and two months of beach days stretching out before her.
Then along comes a corpse, a little girl who washes up in an ancient cemetery after a mudslide, and who has red hair just like Jeanie did. Suddenly memories of that haunting day begin to return, and when Stella discovers that other red-headed girls have gone missing as well, she begins to suspect that something sinister is at work. And before the summer ends, Stella will learn the hard way that if you hunt for monsters, you will find them.
Now Stella is seventeen, and she's over it. She's the lucky one who survived, and sure, the case is still cloaked in mystery—and it's her small town's ugly legacy—but Stella is focused on the coming summer. She's got a great best friend, a hookup with an irresistibly crooked smile, and two months of beach days stretching out before her.
Then along comes a corpse, a little girl who washes up in an ancient cemetery after a mudslide, and who has red hair just like Jeanie did. Suddenly memories of that haunting day begin to return, and when Stella discovers that other red-headed girls have gone missing as well, she begins to suspect that something sinister is at work. And before the summer ends, Stella will learn the hard way that if you hunt for monsters, you will find them.
This definitely seems like a book to read with the lights on - but count me intrigued!
Releasing 18th August 2015
Dude, that cover looks so CREEPY. Someone get my mommy.
ReplyDeleteIt definitely is - one of the more creepy ones I've seen in a long time!
DeleteOooh, this one looks CREEPY. Which is good, because I do like a creepy read here and there. Looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteSame here - it'll be interesting to see just how scary it is within the pages.
DeleteYES IT LOOKS AWESOME. I wrote a post on 10 anticipated crime/thriller/creepy books last year, and this definitely was on it :)
ReplyDeleteIt does have some kind of allure to it - it's always intriguing to see just how creepy these kinds of books end up being!
DeleteI am sooo excited for this book!! It sounds so creepy and good, I mean look at that epic cover :) Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Rachel :) It does sound promising, I hope I get to reading it this year!
DeleteThat is such a creepy cover! I hope you'll enjoy this one.
ReplyDeleteMe too - it seems to be something unique and good.
DeleteSounds creepy! Although I really do love the blithe comment that Stella's just totally over her friend's death by now! I mean, yes, death gets easier with time, but the wording sounds so flippant. ;)
ReplyDeleteHmmm you do make a good point there - it'll be interesting to see how Stella is portrayed as a character here.
DeleteYESSSSS. I NEED. It looks so so creepy and I love seriously creepy books. (Okay that makes me sound odd, but we all have our weirdness, right?!) I hope it's as good as it looks. xD
ReplyDeleteI love something creepy once in a while too - they can be really powerful stories. Here's to hoping that yes, it does live up to expectations...
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