Published Date: August 20th, 2013
Summary: For sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford, New Hampshire College Prep is more than a summer program - it's a lifeline. An outcast at his high school, Dan is excited to finally make some friends in his last summer before college. But when he arrives at the program, Dan learns that his dorm for the summer used to be a sanitarium, more commonly known as an asylum. And not just any asylum - a last resort for the criminally insane.
As Dan and his new friends, Abby and Jordan, explore the hidden recesses of their summer home, they soon discover it's no coincidence that the three of them ended up here. Because the asylum holds the key to a terrifying past. And there are some secrets that refuse to stay buried.
Featuring found photos of unsettling history and real abandoned asylums and filled with chilling mystery and page-turning suspense, Madeleine Roux's teen debut, Asylum, is a horror story that treads the line between genius and insanity.
My Rating: 4/5 Stars
My Review: I really enjoyed this book, despite it not having as much "scary stuff" as I really imagined. The pictures included throughout the book certainly helped to add to the creepy factor, however. There is one particular picture of a little girl that is literally still creeping me out. But I read this book in about 2 hours flat. It's certainly a page-turner; you can't help but want to know what is going to happen to Dan, Abby, Jordan and all the other inhabitants of the asylum. It certainly was unpredictable too - a lot of the twists throughout this book, I never saw coming. Overall, I was really pleased with this book and would definitely read Roux's other work. I'm very interested in this genre of writing and I really did enjoy this book. I can't wait until the second book comes out. Hopefully it answers some of the big questions left by this book.
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