If you want an eerie psychological YA horror, look no further. The Others is perfect for spooky season! It scratches the itch and I’m ready for October now. Keep reading this book review of The Others for my full thoughts.
Summary
Only weeks ago, Avery pulled her best friend, Key, from the deadly black water. The cycle from her family’s Kanyen’kehá:ka (Mohawk) stories is finally broken, the black water is now a harmless lake, and her problems are far from All Avery wants is a normal summer with Key, her now-boyfriend.
The trauma, however, casts a long shadow over the town. Some victims never returned. Terrifying memories threaten to resurface, but Avery pushes them down. Who she’s really worried about is Key. The two are supposed to be closer than ever—so why does he feel so distant?
Wracked by anxiety, Avery begins to see a chilling reflection in every mirror, one that moves on its own—and she’s not the only one. With her family’s safety in the balance, Avery must Run away to the safety of normal life with Key, or return to lake’s edge and face her reflection, before her home is subsumed by darkness once and for all….
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
The Others asks us whether things ever go back to how they used to be. When something happens to us, can we ever return back to ‘normal’? How do we recover from the events of The Unfinished. I’ve never read book one, but now I need to go back! You can definitely read The Others without the first one – I did! What I loved, without spoilers, is how Isaacs builds this tension which almost creeps up on you. You know something is going to happen, but then you begin to doubt the shadows on the walls. We all know that feeling of going against our gut.
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While so much of what I want to say, I cant, I really enjoyed getting sucked into The Others. There’s this distinct kind of introspective horror here which is just scary enough for me to go to bed at night. If you love the horror books where you are never sure what, or who, you can trust this is for you! It makes me want to go back and read The Unfinished. Find The Others on Goodreads, Storygraph, Amazon, Bookshop. org, Blackwells, & Libro. fm.