It escalates to some mid-level ghostly activity, like the nanny getting locked in a closet or Hendricks having some super realistic visions that may or may not be hallucinations, or all the glass bottles in the wine cellar exploding on her simultaneously.
It starts with the usual-bumps in the night, creepy feelings, thinking she’s hearing voices. The Haunted follows Hendricks as she starts discovering the scary things going on around her house and then watches them escalate to an out of control level. I mean, is he wrong, though? I practically snorted when I read it. Although at one point, one of her classmates and potential love interests does make a joke about her and her brother’s names: “ Hendricks and Brady sounds like the name of an Etsy store that sells macramé plant holders and cross-stitched pillowcases.”
I’m thinking it has something to do with her boyfriend jeans and messy bun. The difference here is that the kids at school are quick to accept Hendricks into their social circles rather than totally ostracizing her for being the new kid who lives in a haunted house. They even have a moment where all the kids from school are clamoring to come over for a party just because they really want to see this house and see if it’s as creepy as everyone says it is. I’m likening this to something like when Christina Ricci moves into Casper’s house. She finds out after starting at her new school that apparently the house has a name and is notorious around town because of all the dark things that have happened there. She’s super cool and effortless in her boyfriend jeans and messy bun, but things aren’t so cool at home because as it turns out her house is totally freakin’ haunted.
The Haunted follows Hendricks Becker-O’Malley, the new girl in town. This one, like the The Merciless and Survive the Night, is published under the name Vega and released with Razorbill, and is apparently only book one in what is shaping up to be a Haunted series. Danielle Vega/Rollins (probably best known for being the author of The Merciless series). This time we are talking about The Haunted, the latest release from one of my favorite YA horror authors, Ms. It’s time for another spoopy book review.
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