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Breaking The Spine.
This week's choice is a double bill of want! You wait forever for a book featuring Bloody Mary, quite possibly one of my favorite legends, and then two come along at once. One book is from the UK and the other is from the US, one is out in June and the other in September. I'll be getting both, purely for research purposes of course...
Say Her Name - James Dawson
ISBN -
9781471402449
Publisher - Hot Key Books
Expected release date - June 5th 2014
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'Roberta 'Bobbie' Rowe is
not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her
ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her
best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine agree to join in too. They are
ordered to summon the legendary ghost of 'Bloody Mary': say her name
five times in front of a candlelit mirror, and she shall appear... But,
surprise surprise, nothing happens. Or does it?
Next morning,
Bobbie finds a message on her bathroom mirror... five days... but what
does it mean? And who left it there? Things get increasingly weird and
more terrifying for Bobbie and Naya, until it becomes all too clear that
Bloody Mary was indeed called from the afterlife that night, and she is
definitely not a friendly ghost. Bobbie, Naya and Caine are now in a
race against time before their five days are up and Mary comes for them,
as she has come for countless others before...'
A truly spine-chilling
yet witty horror from shortlisted 'Queen of Teen' author James Dawson. - Goodreads
Mary: The Summoning - Hillary Monahan
ISBN -
9781423185192
Publisher - Disney-Hyperion
Expected release date - September 2nd 2014
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'There is a right way and a wrong way to summon her.
Jess
had done the research. Success requires precision: a dark room, a
mirror, a candle, salt, and four teenage girls. Each of them - Jess,
Shauna, Kitty, and Anna - must link hands, follow the rules... and
never let go.
A thrilling fear spins around the room the first
time Jess calls her name: "Bloody Mary. Bloody Mary. BLOODY MARY." A
ripple of terror follows when a shadowy silhouette emerges through the
fog, a spectre trapped behind the mirror.
Once is not enough,
though - at least not for Jess. Mary is called again. And again. But when
their summoning circle is broken, Bloody Mary slips through the glass
with a taste for revenge on her lips. As the girls struggle to escape
Mary's wrath, loyalties are questioned, friendships are torn apart, and
lives are forever altered.
A haunting trail of clues leads Shauna
on a desperate search to uncover the legacy of Mary Worth. What she
finds will change everything, but will it be enough to stop Mary - and
Jess - before it's too late?' - Goodreads
