{"id":839,"date":"2014-07-22T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=839"},"modified":"2015-06-22T17:28:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T00:28:52","slug":"welcome-to-the-darkhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/welcome-to-the-darkhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Dark House — Teen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

–review by Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Dark House<\/em>\u00a0by Laurie Faria Stolarz<\/h2>\n

\"five-stars\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Seven kids are flown out to the middle of nowhere after winning a competition to meet the infamous Justin Blake, a director whose horror films have a cult following. The weekend is designed to be a Justin Blake fans dream, complete with movie props, sets from the film, and even some of the characters from his films. The winners vary from never-heard-of-him-before to diehards who know all about his past and his life ambitions. In order to enter into the contest, contestants had to submit a short essay about their greatest fear, which pretty much sets the scene for this horror story. Let\u2019s just say that you probably shouldn\u2019t tell strangers what your greatest fear is because that\u2019s just asking for someone to use it against you. Needless to say that that\u2019s what happens.<\/p>\n

Although I am typically not that into horror, I\u2019d say this was a pretty good scary book. It was written in a way that I couldn\u2019t put it down until I figured out what was going to happen. It was different than most horror stories that I know of because people were scared in different ways. Instead of all of the horror coming from one ax-murderer, there was a range of different types of scares, understanding that not everyone will find ghosts scary.<\/p>\n

The characters were believable. I didn\u2019t have trouble accepting that they would do or say that or that they fear so and so. I liked how each fear had a backstory, they weren\u2019t just some fear that had mysterious origins. \u00a0 Even though it was all around a pretty good book, I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s not quite a 5 because, well, I didn\u2019t really get that scared. \u00a0 It\u2019s not because I\u2019m not afraid of bears like one of the characters, but it\u2019s because the author didn\u2019t really utilize some of the point of views. The novel is told from each contestant\u2019s perspective and for a lot of the time, the author didn\u2019t really go into the person\u2019s fear, making it hard to empathize with them when they got scared.<\/p>\n

Overall I\u2019d say it\u2019s a pretty good novel and I\u2019ll definitely be reading the sequel (if there is one). I would suggest it for anyone who\u2019s looking for a page-turner that has a creepy factor but not for people that are looking for a book that\u2019ll keep them up at night hoping that they locked the door. 5 stars. –Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n

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An advanced copy of this title was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.<\/p>\n

Hardcover,\u00a0368 pages<\/div>\n
Expected publication: July 22nd 2014 by Disney-Hyperion<\/div>\n
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Find this book in our library: Welcome to the Dark House<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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