Author: Kendare Blake
Hardcover, 316 pages
Published August 30th 2011 by Tor Teen
Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead.
So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay.
When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.
And she, for whatever reason, spares his life. (From Goodreads)
So did his father before him, until his gruesome murder by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father’s mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. Together they follow legends and local lore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead—keeping pesky things like the future and friends at bay.
When they arrive in a new town in search of a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas doesn’t expect anything outside of the ordinary: move, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he’s never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, but now stained red and dripping blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home.
And she, for whatever reason, spares his life. (From Goodreads)
This book was definitely a different read for me. I'm not usually into horror stuff. I can't even stand watching horror movies. I'm a chicken! But when my sister told me about this book, I was hesitant because she said it was suppose to be a creepy/scary book. When I finally got the book in the mail, it sat on my bookshelf for a few days. One night I finally decided to read and Oh man! The first few chapters freaked me out, but I got over it. After that I was just so into the book that I didn't really care anymore.
I really like that the story was from a male's POV. That's just something you never really get to see in a lot of books. Kendare Blake is definitely an author to watch! This wasn't just your typical boy-meets-girl and fall in love. Through out the book you can see that Cas was just slowly falling for Anna. Anna's story is so sad. You can't help but feel sorry for her. I loved all the characters! They were all a bunch of funny characters that kept this book together. You can see that in the beginning Cas was a lonely teen who kept others at arms length because of his lifestyle, but when he became friends with Carmel and Thomas, he started to open up and live an actual teen life.(well just a little) =)
Overall, I love that this book had a little of everything, romance, horror, humor, thriller, and mystery. I found that it did not lack in anything at all. Certain parts of the book definitely creeped me out and other parts had me laughing. It was an awesome read. I'll definitely be checking out the next book for this series.
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