Book Review- The Evil Within

By Nancy Holder

Published by Razorbill (Penguin)

Release Date: June 10, 2010

Source: Razorbill

4 Stars- I really liked this book. Go pick it up.

Synopsis (from Penguin USA)In this sequel to New York Times bestselling author Nancy Holder’s Possessions, Lindsay finds out that she, too, is possessed, and must return to creepy Marlwood Academy in order to rid herself of the spirit. Lindsay’s afraid of what the spirit is telling her to do—kill Mandy! But the secrets of Marlwood go much deeper than Lindsay thought. Sometimes the girls who seem like enemies are actually on your side. And the voices you trust the most—the voices that come from within—are the ones that want you dead.

The Evil Within starts off right where Possessions ended. Lindsay is back at home for the Holidays and is hoping of never going back to Marlwood. She soon realizes that the spirit of Celia is still inside her and the only way she can think of getting rid of her is by going back to the school.

The Evil Within had me hooked from the very beginning, I couldn't put it down and I found myself with goosebumps several times. Nancy Holder did a great job in describing all the little details and made it so easy to connect with the characters and have a mental picture about everything that was happening around poor Lindsay. In this one we get to find out a lot more about what happened to these seven spirits at the school through memories and dreams that Lindsay can see from Celia's spirit. There's also a lot of other scary things going on around the campus and nobody knows who's responsible. We also get introduced to Mandy's brother Miles who was mentioned a lot in Possessions and let me tell you that I was left wanting to hear more about him, I won't say anymore about that as to not spoil it for readers.

Just like in Possessions the reader and the main character are just as lost and confused about everything that is happening. I kept trying to figure it out from the clues that you read throughout the book just to be proved wrong about everything which just made me flip the pages even faster. This is definitely a book you want to read if you love ghost stories and creepy settings in the middle of nowhere and a very very good ending that you'll never see coming which will leave you wanting the next book right away.