Beware of the lights. Don’t go to Marrow Trail. Be afraid of the dark.

😱 Just like with the previous book, I loved how no one is safe. The author will kill them off. Even the main characters are not safe from this, though this time no one dies. But it is a close one. Several times I thought one of the MCs would die. I love it when authors don’t shy away from murdering everything and everyone.
😱 What happened to the people who went missing. Hey, author, thanks for the freaking nightmares. Not just due to the illustrations but also because of the descriptions. And as the story continues things got increasingly disturbing and WTF-y.

😱 Love getting POVs of the MCs (Mary, Rebecca, Kyle, Byron, Lucas/Luke) but also from other people in town (though if you read the first book you know that these POVs don’t end well).
😱 The POVs of people in town were fantastic. Creepy. Haunting. Scary. Seeing what they were seeing. See what crawls in the dark. See that nowhere in town is a safe haven.
😱 The Cover! The Art! I knew I was going to be in for a treat. Well, I have to say again, thanks for the nightmares. Holy crap. The things that go bump in this one? Sleep is overrated. The things here were creepy and haunting and terrified the fuck out of me. OK, some parts also had my stomach flipping around.
😱 The broadcasts from Alan Graves, in which we learn more about the history of Beacon Point, the lights that haunt it, the settlers, the strange fuckery that has been happening since the beginning.
😱 The epilogue. Ah heck nah.

😱 What those lights were/are. And what those things that crawl around it are. I got some heavy Dandadan vibes, that is what I will say.
😱 Seeing our characters never give up, even when things get terrifying and all they want is just hide, eat chocolate. They keep on fighting to save people. To help the town. To make sure everything is OK again.
😱 Alan Graves. We get his broadcasts, but he is also playing a much bigger, and scarier role in this one. He is thankful he was let out of the basement. And he, in his disturbing way, helps the kids. From static forms in the middle of the night, to sky doing things you saw in Gravity Falls or a Cthulhu horror, to visions, to seeing him actual in some kind of spooky room. He is here and he has things to say. Warnings. But also much more. Things that had me gasping. And made me even more curious about this town and all that inhabits it.
😱 The last part. The battle. The fight. The trauma. I was rooting so hard for the kids to be alright. To be fine. To get out of this.
😱 Seeing what the previous book’s events have done to the kids. We see that those events really caused some big trauma and that the group fell apart. Through each MC POV we read how the monsters in the previous book affected them. From not being able to sleep unless the curtains are open, to hiding a scarecrow in the basement, to other things. I loved how the kids eventually got back together, even if it means fighting again. I am glad that they discovered their friendship again and I feel that they will come out stronger after this terrifying event. They know now that friendship is powerful and that they can talk about things. Overcome things together.
😱 Reading about Beacon Point. The empty houses. The darkness that settles so easily. The shadows. The stores abandoned. It was spooky, but it was also sad. Then again, to be fair, I would also not want to live anywhere near this place. Nope. Not even for a million euros.

🤔 I am still very confused about the ages of these kids. At times they feel more like 12-14, other times much older. Like at one point Lucas/Luke drives a car. Sure, he was taught by his dad, but it still aged up the characters.
🤔 Kyle. Kyle is still my least favourite character. Maybe because he is so young and just doesn’t fit the group. Maybe because of how he talks like a 6-8 year old. Even after 2 books now with him I just don’t know what to think of him.

All in all, I loved every part of this book and I flew right through it. In one go. I had to just keep on reading. I would highly recommend this one! Plus, given what we learn I am fairly sure there will be more books, and I cannot wait!