Release date: September 10th 2013
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
They called it the killing day. Twelve people dead, all in the space of a few hours. Five murderers: neighbors, relatives, friends. All of them so normal. All of them seemingly harmless. All of them now dead by their own hand . . . except one. And that one has no answers to offer the shattered town. She doesn’t even know why she killed—or whether she’ll do it again.
Something is waking in the sleepy town of Oleander’s, Kansas—something dark and hungry that lives in the flat earth and the open sky, in the vengeful hearts of upstanding citizens. As the town begins its descent into blood and madness, five survivors of the killing day are the only ones who can stop Oleander from destroying itself. Jule, the outsider at war with the world; West, the golden boy at war with himself; Daniel, desperate for a different life; Cass, who’s not sure she deserves a life at all; and Ellie, who believes in sacrifice, fate, and in evil. Ellie, who always goes too far. They have nothing in common. They have nothing left to lose. And they have no way out. Which means they have no choice but to stand and fight, to face the darkness in their town—and in themselves.
I Loooved The Book of Blood and Shadow by Robin and as soon as I saw this was from her, AND it’s a horror/mystery, umm yeah I’m flipping out for this!!
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I’m waiting on Find Me by Romily Bernard. I just read a preview on her webpage- it’s soo good and also different. Can’t wait. September is too far away though!
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GISELLE!!!!!! YOU REACHED 4000 FOLLOWERS OMG ARE YOU HAPPY ARE YOU EXCITED ARE YOU STOKEDDD <3 I AMM!!!!! <33 ANYWAY… awesome WOW pick! Robin Wasserman's one of those authors who I personally think sounds super cool and her books are edgy in a really nice way. 😛 Lovely pick doll! 🙂
Sirtsu
Something is waking in the sleepy town of Oleander’s, Kansas—something dark and hungry that lives in the flat earth and the open sky, in the vengeful hearts of upstanding citizens. Holy shit! This sounds intense and creepy! What an awesome cover!!! I hadn’t even heard of this so thanks for sharing, Giselle!
Jennifer Messerschmidt
Love interesting and creepy horror books! I haven’t read any of the authors other books but have heard good things about them.
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Kristin@BloodSweatandBooks
This sounds interesting for sure. I haven’t heard of it before.
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Leanna (Daisy Chain Book Reviews)
Yes to this! I loved The Book of Blood and Shadow too, and this one sounds similarly awesome! Also, the synopsis reminds me a little of the Dark Inside books by Jeyn Roberts — love those books so much! Great pick!
Jenea Whittington
Sounds creepy and its a mystery, um yes please!. Awesome pick.
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Mary @ BookSwarm
You and your creepy, keep-me-up-at-night-snuggling-my-dogs books! It does sound good, though… Worth a sleepless night? Perhaps!
Amy
Awesome pick chicky!! I used this one last week!! It sounds super awesome!! The cover is great too!! I love it!!
Nick
Eeep! I love the cover! And the book sounds creepstatic!
I have never read anything by Robin Wasserman, but I’ve heard some interesting things about them!
Thanks for sharing, Giselle!
lilybloombooks
Ooh sounds good! I’ll have to add this one to my TBR pile! 🙂
Mel@Thedailyprophecy
This one sounds creepy and awesome *runs to Goodreads*
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Shane
Cool pick. I like the sound of this one.
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Jenni @ Alluring Reads
I haven’t read The Book of Blood and Shadow! I have to do that because I remember how much you loved it. I really like the cover for this one and it sounds great! Great pick chick!
Jenni @ Alluring Reads
I just scrolled up and looked at it again and for some reason it makes me think of Batman. The cover reminds me of Batman Begins!
Book Twirps
It sounds awesome! Just added it to my TBR. You always find the best books. 🙂
Bonnie R
I saw this one last week and it sounds awesome!! I never read The Book of Blood and Shadow but I’ll definitely be reading this. Great pick!! 🙂
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Tammy Sparks
This sounds amazing, I love horror so this is definitely going on my list. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Faith Sullivan
Talk about sinister. I have goosebumps from that synopsis.
Jennifer @ YA Sisterhood
I really like that YA is getting more horror. I wasn’t a fan of horror before, but I’ve really begun to enjoy it. This one sounds great.
Jennifer
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Martina Koleva
God I love WOW… I hadn’t head of this one before but I’m adding it on my to-read list now and I’d love to get my hands on it when it comes out! Awesome pick and thanks for sharing!
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Paranormal Book Fan
I hadn’t heard of this one before Giselle, but I’m interested now. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Jen Halligan
Holy crap this book sounds scary awesome! Great pick, I’ll be adding this to my fall TBR list! Here’s my WoW post! ~ Jen @ A Book and a Latte
Heather
YA keeps getting darker. This sounds REALLY good. And that cover, wow, just wow.
Savannah Bookswithbite
Have not heard of this author, but I must check out the other book. Both of them sound great!
Maja (The Nocturnal Library)
I keep saying this, but it’s true! You always find the best ones. There’s nothing I like more than a creepy, sleepy little town atmosphere. And it helps that the cover is absolutely gorgeous, doesn’t it? So excited about this one now.