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Spooky Reads Recommendation Part 2

Welcome to Part Two of my Spooky Reads Recommendations.

All books have been read on this list except for The Haunted Mansion. I am hoping that this will be a book that I have finished by the time next Halloween roles around. If not reading it by next Halloween.


Tales from the Haunted Mansion #2 Midnight at Madame Leota's
by Amius Arcane

Synopsis: The Haunted Mansion's resident librarian, Amicus Arcane, has returned with another set of spooky stories to share. Follow along with him as he tells new terrifying tales while leading the Mansion's newest visitor to a secret seance with the mysterious Madame Leota.

Why Is It On This List:

This is a book I am hoping that I will get to read at some point. However, it seems like a perfect book to be on this list because it's the Haunted Mansion.

Girl of Nightmares
by Kendare Blake

Synopsis: Girl of Nightmares, the acclaimed sequel to Kendare Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood.
It's been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood can't move on.

His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas could live--not walk around half dead. He knows they're right, but in Cas's eyes, no living girl he meets can compare to the dead girl he fell in love with.

Now he's seeing Anna everywhere: sometimes when he's asleep and sometimes in waking nightmares. But something is very wrong...these aren't just daydreams. Anna seems tortured, torn apart in new and ever more gruesome ways every time she appears.

Cas doesn't know what happened to Anna when she disappeared into Hell, but he knows she doesn't deserve whatever is happening to her now. Anna saved Cas more than once, and it's time for him to return the favor.

Why Is It On This List:

This is the sequel to Anna Dressed in Blood. The sequel is just as good as the first book. I am usually one to say that the sequel is always better than the first book but in this case I think that the first book is better than the second book. I enjoyed the first more but the second one is just as good.

Curse of the Bane
by Joseph Delaney

Synopsis: Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat; a force so evil that the whole county is in danger of being corrupted by its powers. The Bane!

As Thomas and the Spook prepare for the battle of their lives, it becomes clear that the Bane isn't their only enemy. The Quisitor has arrived, searching for those who meddle with the dark so he can imprison them—or worse.

Can Thomas defeat the Bane on his own? Is his friend Alice guilty of witchcraft? And will the Spook be able to escape the Quisitor's clutches?

Why Is It On This List:

This book is also on the list because of the first book. This book was fun to read and a great sequel to the first book. The third one is turning out to be just as good as the first one. This book is an amazing choice for the spooky recommends. It is a great page turner and you never want it to end.

Sanctum
by Madeleine Roux

Synopsis: In this haunting, fast-paced sequel to the New York Times bestselling photo-illustrated novel Asylum, three teens must unlock some long-buried secrets from the past before the past comes back to get them first. Featuring found photographs, many from real vintage carnivals, Sanctum is a mind-bending reading experience that blurs the lines between past and present, genius and insanity, perfect for fans of the smash hit Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Dan, Abby, and Jordan remain traumatized by the summer they shared in the Brookline asylum. Much as they'd love to move on, someone is determined to keep the terror alive, sending the teens photos of an old-timey carnival, with no note and no name. Forsaking their plan never to go back, the teens return to New Hampshire College under the guise of a weekend for prospective students, and there they realize that the carnival from the photos is not only real, it's here on campus, apparently for the first time in many years.

Sneaking away from sample classes and college parties, Dan and his friends lead a tour of their own—one through the abandoned houses and hidden places of the surrounding town. Camford is hiding a terrible past, and the influence of the asylum runs deeper than Dan ever imagined.

Why Is It On This List:

I cannot believe that this book was not one that I got my hands on sooner. This first and second book to this series was a page turner and fun to read. If you haven't started to read this book you should read this series. The pictures and the carnival are amazing and are completely in sync.

Through the Zombie Glass
by Gena Showalter

Synopsis: Zombies stalk the night.

Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls.

Sadly, they've got mine...

Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong.

After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears. But the worst? A terrible darkness blooms inside her, urging her to do very wicked things.

She's never needed her team of zombie slayers more, but ultra bad-boy Cole Holland, the leader and her boyfriend, suddenly withdraws from her...from everyone. Now, with her best friend, Kat, at her side, Ali must kill the zombies, uncover Cole's secret and learn to fight the darkness.

But the clock is ticking...and if she fails at a single task, they're all doomed.

Why Is It On This List:

Well this book is on the list because it is a sequel and if I'm honest I enjoyed this book a great deal. I read this book faster than the I would have thought possible. Again you cannot compare this to the story of Alice Through the Looking Glass. This book was so much fun to read and it was fun to keep going with this series. The zombies I think are amazing to read because they are different.

Between the Spark and the Burn
by April Genevieve Tucholke

Synopsis:The conclusion to Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, this gothic thriller romance with shades of Stephen King and Daphne du Maurier is a must-read for fans of Beautiful Creatures and Anna Dressed in Blood.

Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world.

But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry.

The problem with River West Redding was that he'd done both to me.

The crooked-smiling liar River West Redding, who drove into Violet's life one summer day and shook her world to pieces, is gone. Violet and Neely, River's other brother, are left to worry--until they catch a two a.m. radio program about strange events in a distant mountain town. They take off in search of River but are always a step behind, finding instead frenzied towns, witch hunts, and a wind-whipped island with the thrum of something strange and dangerous just under the surface. It isn't long before Violet begins to wonder if Neely, the one Redding brother she thought trustworthy, has been hiding a secret of his own . . .

Why Is It On The List:

This book is on the list mostly because it is the sequel to Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. I person didn't like this on as much as the first one but it was an amazing book.

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