Book Review: The Merciless

Title: The Merciless
Author: Danielle Vega
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Rating: 4/5
Page Count: 279 pages (hardcover)
Publication Date: June 12th, 2014

Plot (goodreads):
Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned

Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.

Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.

Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls . . . unless she wants to be next. . . .

In this chilling debut, Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page. By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?

Review:
The first thing I need to mention about this book - is it's fantastic design. I'm not the biggest pink fan, but as soon as I saw the whole thing, I knew I needed it, because it's just so... ridiculous, I guess? Not in a bad way, because I love it, but it's bright, florescent pink and you have to, at least, pick it up and check out the design when you see it in the store.

Besides that, though, I really enjoyed this book. I know some people didn't care much for it and I was a little iffy through about 3/4ths of it - it as interesting and strange, but it wasn't anything special. But I ended up loving it for the ending, the implications of the ending. Not everyone will, I know, it's probably just my weird, twisted brain - but I adored this.

This books gets a little gross at points, not extremely gore-y or anything, but there is some torture involved. I like horror books and, overall, this felt a little less then it could of been, but it was overall just a ton of fun. Yes, fun, you read that right, that's the word that keeps coming to mind with this book - fun.

A great read for a stormy night, curled up in bed. It's a fast read, too, pretty short and as soon as it picks up, it doesn't stop.

Waiting on Wednesday (3)

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted over at Breaking the Spine. And it's where people share their most anticipated reads that are to be released.

I haven't done one of these in a really long time, it just always seems to slip my mind and before I know it the book I wanted to highlight - is already out. So let's talk about a few books that aren't out yet, bt will be very soon!

The Murder Complex by Lindsey Cummings - June 10th

I've been following this author on Twitter for a long time and I'm really looking forward to her book, which comes out June 10th. There's also a novella that should be out as of now, it came out yesterday for when this is scheduled, it's called The Fear Complex and it's, according to Amazon, 100 pages in length. A first in a series where the death rate is higher then the birth rate - and doesn't that line just immediately grab your interest?

The Merciless by Danielle Vega - June 12th

This sounds really interesting and the design on this book looks ridiculous but also amazing. It's bright pink, as you can see from the picture right there, but it's a horror story, from what I've heard, about a girl in a cult - and the first page says For Mature Audiences Only. And I do love horror. And this is a standalone, and I love standalones, I mean I love series, too, but - standalones.

The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove  - June 12th

I think this is the one I'm most excited for. It seems to be that the different continents are in different time periods and that sounds amazing. Apparently this is the first book in what is being called The Mapmakers Series, anyway it sounds freaking amazing.

I haven't looked much into any of these books, I haven't read the full synopsis on Goodreads or anywhere else. I'm just going on what people have told me or how people have articulated it in their own words.

What books are you most looking forward that come out soon? Or just this year. And are you highly anticipating any of these?