![]() ![]() ![]() Although the dialogue in the first few chapters feels choppy and stereotypical (particularly for Selena), this resolves as Selena’s characterization deepens, and Cottingham succeeds in crafting a truly inventive, gruesome horror story that fans of blood and gore will relish. ![]() As Finch and Selena uncover more disturbing information about Nerosi’s origins and ultimate plans, they realize that they will need to band together to stop her. During a tunnel party one night, Finch, Selena, and Selena’s cadre of popular friends accidentally free Nerosi, a translucent spirit who initially grants them wishes and seems benevolent, but quickly turns sinister and cannibalistic. Finch eventually forms a friendship with her roommate, Sumera, and a prickly connection to quintessential mean girl Selena St. ![]() Now attending the prestigious Ulalume Academy, Finch is haunted by ominous portents: shimmering pockets of air, sightings of an eight-eyed stag, and an insistent pull coming from the sewer tunnels near the school. Gr 9 Up–Teen music prodigy Finch is the sole survivor of a brutal car accident that drowned both of her parents and left her with a shock of white hair and lingering questions about how she survived. ![]()
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