My Review:
Let me start off by saying read the novella before read this. I don’t think I would have enjoyed it as much if I had read this first, the novella is My Daylight Monsters and you can find my review for it HERE.
This books takes place after Mary gets out of the asylum and after Lacey has passed away. (this is not a spoiler it’s in the synopsis) Mary can still see the creepy things that tell her things and give her hints about what will happen and she also spends a lot of time with her Dead BFF.
Mary’s Mom and dad think they all need a nice Holiday away but when Mary gets there it seems people are dying and something evil is lurking in the campground and it’s up to Mary and her new friends to stop it.
Besides Mary the character I really loved is Lacey, I felt bad for her but she is a funny girl and really cares for Mary. I think Mary and Lacey have great chemistry and I think they make a pretty good team. Mary’s love interest Seth has a lot of secrets, I had a hard time trusting him but once I heard his story I kind of felt bad for him too. The end wasn’t what I expected and it think its what made me come back from almost not loving it with the entire LOVE STORY in my face.
Love the world build and details when she is talking about the smell of the soil you can almost smell what she is explaining. I loved the story itself, and Mary is a very strong character in my opinion I really enjoy her, she is sweet and I can feel her confusion about what is going on. I am still wondering why this is all happening to her. That isn’t explained but I am hoping that comes out as the series progresses. Seeing ghosts can’t be easy to live with especially when they have missing limbs or bones showing through their face. This isn’t a gory book and it does have some creepy moments but not really that scary. I never felt confused in this book or wondered to myself what was going on I thought she told the story very well and it really captured my attention making it very hard to put down.
I enjoyed this book a lot, I was a little thrown by the up front love story and was hoping for a more creepy book like I read in the novella but overall this was a great read and I look forward to the entire Mary Hades series.
Recommend: 100%
Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my review
Hope you have a great day and Happy Reading!
Great review Michelle! It creeped me out just reading the synopsis, but it sounds like it wasn’t actually THAT creepy. Still don’t know if I could make it through the novella though…
Yes I think you would be ok with this book. the Novella a little more creepy but the characters are really strong and the story is pretty cool 🙂
I’m going to have to pick up the that novella when I get my first paycheck! This sounds like a series I would like and we seem to have similar taste in books. 🙂
I did not read the novella first, but I really enjoyed this book, too! Great review, Michelle!
Hi!
This sounds like an interesting story. You wrote that you’ve read the novella first. What’s the title of the novella?
Happy reading!
Oh I’m so sorry I thought I linked it back to my review. The novella is my daylight monsters.