Friday, July 16, 2021

Rules for Vanishing

Today’s post is on Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall. It is 402 pages long and is published by Viking. The cover is an illustration of woods with a woman’s silhouette hidden in the trees. The intended reader is someone who likes horror and young adult novels. There is mild foul language, no sex, and very mild violence in this novel. The story is told from first person dialog, interview, text messages, and other ways. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the dust jacket- Once a year, the path appears in the forest and Lucy Gallows beckons. Who is brave enough to find her--and who won't make it out of the woods?

It's been exactly one year since Sara's sister, Becca, disappeared, and high school life has far from settled back to normal. With her sister gone, Sara doesn't know whether her former friends no longer like her...or are scared of her, and the days of eating alone at lunch have started to blend together. When a mysterious text message invites Sara and her estranged friends to "play the game" and find local ghost legend Lucy Gallows, Sara is sure this is the only way to find Becca--before she's lost forever. And even though she's hardly spoken with them for a year, Sara finds herself deep in the darkness of the forest, her friends--and their cameras--following her down the path. Together, they will have to draw on all of their strengths to survive. The road is rarely forgiving, and no one will be the same on the other side.


Review- This was a fantastic novel, everything from the world building to the way the narrative is told, it was great. The story is being told to some paranormal investors who are just trying to understand what happened to a group of teens. Sara’s sister Becca went missing one year before and everyone thinks that she just ran off with a boyfriend. But Sara knows different, she knows that Becca went looking for Lucy Gallows and the road that only appears one a year. Together with their friends, Sara goes to find her. From there we get some great creepy thrills and a very cool villain. I had a wonderful time reading this novel and I cannot wait to read her next novel. 


I give this novel a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this novel from my local library.


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