There are a few photos included again this time as well, although I wish there would have been more or at least a bit more scary. I’m not completely sure about the character development and some characters can come over as a bit whiney, but the new plot with the carnaval elements is without doubt excellent. It basically has everything I look for in a YA paranormal/horror read: almost no romance, a fast pace, well written, interesting plot and lots of creepy scenes. While I don’t think it’s actually as good as the first book, it was still without doubt a solid sequel. I’m regretting this now, because I really enjoyed reading Sanctum. But other books got in the way, and somehow I soon completely forgot how good this series actually was. I actually read the first book Asylum back in 2015 and I remember planning to read the sequel soon after that. “Dan wasn’t sure which was worse – the idea that he was actually being haunted or possessed or whatever, or the idea that this was all in his head.” 2023 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.2017 Netgalley And Edelweiss Reading Challenge.Camford is hiding a terrible past, and the truth behind Dan's connection to the asylum's evil warden is more terrifying than Dan ever imagined.ĭon't miss Madeleine Roux's all-new gothic horror novel, House of Furies. Sneaking away from sample classes and college parties, Dan and his friends lead a tour of their own-one through the abandoned houses and hidden places of a surrounding town.

Forsaking their plan never to go back, the teens return to New Hampshire College under the guise of a weekend for prospective students, and there they realize that the carnival from the photos is not only real, it's here on campus, apparently for the first time in many years. Much as they'd love to move on, many questions remain, and someone is determined to keep the terror alive, sending the teens photos of an old-timey carnival, with no note and no name. With the page-turning suspense and horror that made Asylum such a standout, and featuring found photographs from real vintage carnivals, Sanctum is a mind-bending reading experience that's perfect for fans of the smash hit Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.ĭan, Abby, and Jordan remain traumatized by the summer they shared in the Brookline asylum. In the chilling second book in the New York Times bestselling Asylum series, three teens must return to the asylum that still haunts their dreams to end the nightmare once and for all.

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