by Kendare Blake
by Tor Teen
Summary from Goodreads:
It's been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood can't move on.
His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas could live—not walk around half dead. He knows they're right, but in Cas's eyes, no living girl he meets can compare to the dead girl he fell in love with.
Now he's seeing Anna everywhere: sometimes when he's asleep and sometimes in waking nightmares. But something is very wrong...these aren't just daydreams. Anna seems tortured, torn apart in new and ever more gruesome ways every time she appears.
Cas doesn't know what happened to Anna when she disappeared into Hell, but he knows she doesn't deserve whatever is happening to her now. Anna saved Cas more than once, and it's time for him to return the favor.
Thoughts:
This is one of my most anticipated sequels of the year. The first book just blew me away and I love its creepy as hell atmosphere. Anna is certainly one ghost you do not want to mess up with and its kind of ironic that she's the villain and the heroine that you want to root for. Go Anna!
Spoiler alert! Since Anna sacrificed herself in the first book to save Cas and his friends, most of the book dealt with the aftermath of that night. Cas is moping and is haunted by visions of Anna. Thomas and Carmel became closer. Cas is having trouble in concentrating on his job as ghost-hunter. Thomas and Carmel broke up. Cas is doing all he can to bring back Anna from hell. This just feels too depressing for me.
There are not as many cool scary moments in this book as the first one which made me feel a bit disappointed. The story only picks up near the end when Cas and his ghostbuster gang decided to go to jolly old London to seek help from Gideon. The bittersweet ending just left me speechless. Seriously, I need more of Anna. Not Cas though. He's too whiny for my taste.
Verdict: 4 stars.
Available on: Amazon
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