A spooky scary book, but also with a dash of sadness in it!

🥰 I just LOVE it when a horror book is all about a game. In this case the ghosts love to be part of a ghostly hide and seek. You definitely don’t want to hide and seek with them though, you may just vanish.
🥰 What happened when the ghost(s) got near was so fun and made it all the spookier. First it would rain, then thunder would sound, and then storm time! And in the mean time there are giggles, scary words, and oh yes, a ghost that you can see on the book cover.
🥰 The ghost was terrifying. Even later when we learn more about them, I am sorry, ghost with black eyes and a stitched up mouth? That is just scary no matter what. Thanks for the nightmares, especially since we did get a few small pictures featuring the ghost’s face throughout the book.
🥰 Seeing the MC and her brother (and also her best friend in some parts) try to solve the mystery and work together on a plan. Because yes, we need to get the brother’s best friend back… but we also need to survive the ghost + figure out all the things that are going on. And with ghosts, nothing is easy.
🥰 The ghost not just staying in the graveyard but also popping up in other places. WELP. There is no place to hide.
🥰 I loved seeing the MC and her brother get closer. At the beginning you can see there is quite a bit of tension between them but as the story continues we see them bond and get closer which I just found so sweet.
🥰 It was great fun to see the crew try to figure out what was going on with the ghost and who he was and why he was haunting the graveyard + why he wanted to take along kids.
🥰 The backstory though was just heart-breaking.
🥰 The ending was both scary and made me cry!
🥰 The cover is just perfection. It is terrifying. It really brings along the vibes of the book.

🤔 I was happy that we got to learn about the elephants, HOWEVER, it is mentioned in the story that all the elephants have down-turned trunks because of the tragedy. Yet on the cover there is one just having a ball.

🥱 Sorry to Hazel, but you are a freaking snoop. And her constant OMG I want to be a detective/I need to do a podcast.. well frankly it got quite old quite soon. It was fun at first, but it really took over the story at times and I just wanted her to act normal.

But all in all, I am very happy with this spooky book, Lindsay Currie did it again! She really is becoming my favourite MG horror writer and I cannot wait to see what more spooky tales she has to tell!