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Book Review: The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy



The Creeping
Author: Alexandra Sirowy
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Mystery
Released: August 18th 2015
Review Source: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Eleven years ago, Stella and Jeanie disappeared. Stella came back. Jeanie never did.

Now all she wants is a summer full of cove days, friends, and her gorgeous crush—until a fresh corpse leads Stella down a path of ancient evil and secrets.

Stella believes remembering what happened to Jeanie will save her. It won’t.

She used to know better than to believe in what slinks through the shadows. Not anymore.


First things first, we need to discuss this cover because I was fully convinced I was going to have nightmares about a girl in a tree. With that being said, this book should definitely be on your fall tbr, perfect Halloween read.  Stella and Jeanie both disappeared eleven years ago, but only Stella returned, with no clues as to what happened to Jeanie and with Stella not remembering a thing it became a cold case. Then when a young girl is found dead in the cemetery Stella is determined to remember what happened that day eleven years ago, to finally get resolution for Jeanie. Sometimes the answers you seek to find are better off laid to rest.

When we first meet Stella she wasn’t that much of a likable character for me, eventually, like most unlikeable characters, she began to evolve, right her wrongs. She seemed a little too stuck-up and her friends were far too concerned with their popularity and they took no prisoners when it came to climbing the social ladder. With character likability aside, I was completely lost in the story and the mystery of Jeanie’s disappearance and the recent murders that happened while our story unfolds. Like any story when you start to unfold the truth you learn things you wish you hadn’t, get scared of things you shouldn’t and find out monsters are scarier when they’re real.

“If you look for monsters, you’ll find them.”

 Though I personally thought there were some slow times in The Creeping, I definitely recommend this to anyone who loves creepy covers and uncovering the monsters that hide under your bed. Add The Creeping to your Fall TBR, save it for Halloween, and let the monsters come out and play!


Waiting on Wednesday: The Creeping by Alexandra Sirowy



Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.



The Creeping
Author: Alexandra Sirowy
Release Date: August 18th 2015
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers


Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again.

Now Stella is seventeen, and she's over it. She's the lucky one who survived, and sure, the case is still cloaked in mystery—and it's her small town's ugly legacy—but Stella is focused on the coming summer. She's got a great best friend, a hookup with an irresistibly crooked smile, and two months of beach days stretching out before her.

Then along comes a corpse, a little girl who washes up in an ancient cemetery after a mudslide, and who has red hair just like Jeanie did. Suddenly memories of that haunting day begin to return, and when Stella discovers that other red-headed girls have gone missing as well, she begins to suspect that something sinister is at work.

And before the summer ends, Stella will learn the hard way that if you hunt for monsters, you will find them.
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