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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7–10—In his first novel-length, gothic horror tale, Priestley pays homage to Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher" and in the process crafts a taut thriller with a foreboding setting and appropriately creepy atmosphere. Like the classic, this story features an isolated, imposing manor house that produces an inexplicable sense of dread in the narrator. Hawton Mere, like Poe's titular mansion, is inhabited by a brother afflicted by a debilitating psychological condition and a sister....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
After his mother's death, Michael becomes the ward of the wealthy but apparently unbalanced Sir Stephen and reluctantly spends ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
