Title: SoulsticeAuthor: Simon Holt
Genre: YA suspense, horror
Pages: 266
Published: 2009
Opening Lines; "I kept my eyes closed, smelling the buttered popcorn and cotton candy, hearing the ding-dings of the Midway games, feeling the warm sun on my skin. I breathed in and opened my eyes, smiling in readiness for the fun day ahead."
"The Vours: Evil, demonic beings that in habit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hours of the winter solstice.
"Six months . . .
"Since Reggie first discovered the existence of the Vours in a tattered journal. Since her little brother, Henry, began to mutilate animals and turn against her. Since she learned to overcome her fear and destroyed a Vour to save Henry.
"Now as the summer solstice approaches, the Vours still haunt Reggie, but only in dreams -- until one night, when an unexpected visitor turns her nightmares into reality."~ Jacket copy
Thoughts: This book picks up six months after the episode on the pond with Eben, Henry, Reggie, Aaron, and Quinn. After the disappearance of Quinn, Reggie's high school is plagued by police trying to determine what happened to the boy. When a friend is arrested in connection to the disappearance and Henry accosts his bully, Reggie realizes that the Vours are not done with her. In fact, it seems as though they are just beginning.
It is hard to say anything about this book without giving anything away. The story is detailed, completely interwoven, and intense! To be honest, I enjoyed The Devouring much better. However, to be fair, the first one was the build up with a lot of horror and nail-biting scenarios.
In some ways, this series reminds me of a less mature Stephen King. There is building sense of horror, of something wrong. The audience knows the Vours are out there, but they are just out of reach. There is a tension in the book that continues to build with every page.
Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
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