The Merciless, by Danielle Vega
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The Merciless, by Danielle Vega
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"Page-to-page Stephen King-style terror..."—Booklist
"The Merciless is chilling...think 'Mean Girls' meets 'The Exorcist.'"—MTV.com“Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless…a nail biting thriller.”—Seventeen MagazineBrooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream. Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed. Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls...unless she wants to be next. By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?
The Merciless, by Danielle Vega- Amazon Sales Rank: #181357 in Books
- Brand: Vega, Danielle
- Published on: 2015-06-09
- Released on: 2015-06-09
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x .75" w x 5.37" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
From School Library Journal Gr 10 Up—Sofia just moved to a new town. With a mom who works for the military, this is nothing new. What sets this particular move apart is when three of the prettiest, most popular girls in her new high school befriend her. While Sofia may not share the ultra-Christian values of her new comrades Riley, Alexis, and Grace, it doesn't prevent her from forming a strong bond with them shortly after meeting. The trio confide in her about Brooklyn, the punkish, rebellious girl whom they fear may be possessed by the devil. When Riley takes the drastic step of kidnapping Brooklyn to exorcise the demon she fears is inside of her, Sofia first fights for what she believes to be right before being pushed into a battle for her very survival. This pulse-pounding, debut novel creates a wickedly creepy atmosphere where mean girls quickly turn homicidal. Readers may wince in pain as Riley cuts the sins out of her victims with a butcher knife, proving this story is not for the faint of heart. Still, it's a perfect book to give to older teens in need of satiating their potentially voracious horror appetites.—Ryan P. Donovan, Southborough Public Library, MA
Review "Chilling—think 'Mean Girls' meets 'The Exorcist'...a fast-paced thrill-ride."—MTV.com“Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless…a nail biting thriller.”—Seventeen Magazine“Sick. Wicked. Twisted. This is my kinda fun.” —Marlene King, executive producer of Pretty Little Liars "Mean Girls with an occult twist."—Kirkus Reviews "This pulse-pounding, debut novel creates a wickedly creepy atmosphere where mean girls quickly turn homicidal."—School Library Journal "Page-to-page Stephen King-style terror builds, asking the question, 'How much evil is inside every one of us?' Readers will gasp out loud more than a few times, so beware."—Booklist
"After finishing this gruesome and heart-racing novel, readers will be left wondering if the devil is in us all."—VOYA
From the Hardcover edition.About the Author Danielle Vega spent her childhood hiding under the covers while her mother retold tales from the pages of Stephen King novels instead of reading bedtime stories about princesses and dwarves like a normal parent. Now an adult, she can count on one hand the number of times in her life she's been truly afraid. Danielle has won numerous awards for her fiction and nonfiction, and earned a 2009 Pushcart Prize nomination for her short story “Drive.” She is also the author of Survive the Night.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. The ending should die in a fire By Paige See more of my reviews on The YA Kitten! My copy was an ARC I received from the publisher.Oh good lord, this novel. It made me feel so many things and bamboozled me so well at the end that the only reason I didn’t start stomping around and cursing is the fact I was at my ailing grandmother’s house at the time and I’m pretty sure my language would have sent her right to the afterlife. I wanted some YA horror in my life and that’s exactly what I got: some YA horror that bends the mind, gives you chills, and makes you angry. A little too angry, methinks.One thing I really appreciate about the novel is its diversity. In this core group of five major female characters, two are something other than white (our narrator Sofia is Mexican and her new friend Grace is black). I’m not particularly fond of how Grace is described because you should never say a character has chocolate skin, but baby steps! Not good ones, but still! The group itself is pretty wild: Sofia the new girl trying to fit in with these girls who adopted her, Grace the wild card who wavers but generally falls in with the leaders, Alexis the follower, and Riley the leader. Then there’s their target: rebellious Brooklyn, former member of the group. Though not deeply characterized, watching these five fall apart in varying degrees is almost fun.Perhaps the most irritating part of the novel is how it so completely fits the mold of horror and makes all the obvious mistakes. Making a plan to help Brooklyn escape? Oh, stab her in the leg even though injuring the leg is exactly what police officers and others are taught to do to keep someone from going anywhere! Going to investigate some suspicious noises and approaching it like you would a rabid dog or wild animal (almost exact words)? Don’t bother grabbing a weapon because it’s not like you’ll need it. I swear, common sense is the real enemy in horror media. Also, inconsistencies. One second, Sofia says enough of a characters finger was cut off that it rolls off a Bible and makes noise when it falls; other times, Sofia swears just a millimeter got cut off.But if I put my rage aside, this is a pretty darn good horror novel. I had to split my reading into two sittings, but someone else could definitely read the entire novel in one sitting if they had the time to. I just wish it ventured out a little more. It’s not slasher horror with Freddy or Jason, nor is it like Carrie or the other five female-led horror movies in existence, but it doesn’t mess too much with the formula of general horror.The ending. That ending is the source of so much of my confusion and rage and everything. One way or another, it’s going to get a reaction out of you because you’re either going to love getting your mind put through a paper shredder or you’re going to be angry at it screwing with you and saying what it does with its choices.The book is currently being adapted for film–no surprise there since The Merciless is a product of Alloy Entertainment and whether it’s Pretty Little Liars or Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, their products make their way to movies and television easily–and it would make for a terrifying horror movie if it actually got that far. If you’re looking for some good YA horror that makes you wonder if there are really supernatural things going on, you’ll probably want this.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Very - Suspenseful By Ron Williams I loved this book. It's action packed and it keeps you reading from start to finish.For me - this most important thing to look for in a book is great characters, and a great plot - and the Merciless didn't disappoint. I also read most of it in 1 sitting - because I couldn't stop.I heard they might make a movie out of it? Keeping my fingers crossed...
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Highly disappointing book By Courtney Deese I really had high hopes for this book. It had an interesting enough premise, new girl is torn between the popular girls and this outsider girl named Brooklyn. There was most certainly a Mean Girls vibe to it, down to the new girl spying on one group for the other. In the beginning, and for most of the book, it’s impossible to tell if there really is anything supernatural going on. You don’t know until the very end if it’s anything more than a petty high school battle between religious fanatics and some kind of Satanist.The characters themselves were pretty lacking. Some pretty screwed things happen in the book and I didn’t really care. I felt almost no attachment to the characters at all. The descriptions of the scenery left a lot to be desired too. Everything in the story was flat and empty, like yeah you’re in the South, but you can describe some more scenery than that. Most of the story takes place in a house that was never finished being built, and the author loves to remind you about the billowing plastic on all the windows and doors, to the point where it gets a little annoying. The story itself seemed very long and drawn out, and I had a hard time reading every sentence. Even skipping a paragraph every once in a while, the story made sense and could easily have been condensed.Spoilers!!! Most of the book is nothing more than descriptions of torture, and killing. It seemed like little attention was payed to the actual plot line, and the main goal of writing this was to write torture scenes. There is a plot twist at the end, but it’s honestly not so surprising once you read it, and it just kinda seemed like an excuse to include more gore in the story. End spoilers.Overall I didn’t think it was a very good book. Like I said before it had an interesting enough premise, it just didn’t deliver like I wanted it to. I definitely wouldn’t recommend this to someone that is easily upset by torture or abuse, not that I would really recommend it all that much to begin with.
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