Language: PG-13 (26 swears, 0 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG (Grief); Violence: PG-13 (Murder, attempted murder)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
After her mother and sister Eve went missing, Emma moved to California for a year. Now, 17yo Emma returns home where she and her father try to work through their grief. But that is difficult when the town suspects that her father had something to do with the disappearances. Their house is also located right next to the Moss, a bog where they suspect Eve and her mother disappeared. Emma can see ghosts, including The Sedge Man. Before she disappeared, Eve left a note warning Emma to stay away from the Sedge Man and the Moss, but the Moss is where Emma feels she can find answers. And the Moss keeps calling her in.
I found the pacing slow with some of the horror elements becoming repetitious. Secondary characters including potential love interest Jordan and Emma's father are static characters who don’t see much development. For a gothic horror novel, it doesn’t offer much new in the genre. However, it could act as an introduction into the genre for students, and it has a good representation of grief and a thoughtful depiction of the relationship between Emma and her father.
Main characters read white.
Ms. Megan, High School Librarian
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