That’s what Clara’s new crew tells her when she moves to town: Bree and Sage, who take her under their wing; spirited Trace, who has taken the lead on this year’s Halloween prank war; and magnetic Kincaid, whose devil-may-care attitude and air of mystery are impossible for Clara to resist.
Clara doesn’t actually believe in the Mumbler. But as Halloween gets closer and tensions build in the town, it’s hard to shake the feeling that there really is something dark and dangerous in Pender, lurking in the shadows, waiting to bring the stories to life. (Pub Date: May 21, 2019)
Honest review based on an ARC provided by Edelweiss. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.
I feel this could have been better.
Clara has just moved to a new town, as usual, but unlike all the other times she was able to find a new group of friends—even if some may say they're not a good one—and even a crush. But this town is hunted by an urban legend, the Mumbler, who is said to take a victim every Halloween.
I really liked The Lies They Tell by this same author but I found it difficult to get into her style for this book. The elements are even similar, girl getting mixed with a possibly bad crowd and even more with a possibly bad guy, but the story itself differs a lot.
We have the mystery surrounding the Mumbler and the many deaths/disappearances, but it's not as present as the romance between Clara and one of the boys, plus the triangle that comes to be since one of her friends also has a crush on him. In other words, the story has an eerie atmosphere but the core is a typical romance, and one that didn't really make my heart palpitate.
I still think it deserves three stars because we have some interesting characters, there is the whole mystery that is solved eventually, so I do see value in the whole plot, but it was surely average in all the genres it attempted.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
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