“Something happens to you when you read this. You will be changed. It’s. Just. That. Amazing.” -Nancy Holder, NYTimes Best-selling Author of BUFFY: THE MAKING OF A SLAYER ~The DARK CAROUSEL series is a heart-stopping saga, a mix of the chill of American Horror Story and the fantastical elements of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
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Three friends search for a missing girl in the … Children.
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Note: (A different version of this book was published in 2014 in eBook format only by Paper Lantern Lit. This updated version (including a print version) has only been available since January 2017)
Three friends search for a missing girl in the forest, unaware of the deadly trap lying in wait for them.
Vintage dolls hanging from branches in the deep of the forest lead to a crumbling mansion. Beneath the mansion lies a macabre, life-sized dollhouse that is filled with trapped girls, ghostly beings and things that shouldn’t exist.
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Every nightmare comes to life in the chilling descent into horror that is the Dollhouse.
Note: (A different version of this book was published in 2014 in eBook format only by Paper Lantern Lit. This updated version (including a print version) has only been available since January 2017)
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A lot different than I thought it would be. Good Story.
Great Phycological Thriller
This was my first read by Anya Allyn, and it wa a doozy. When their friend gets lost in the woods, Cassie, Ethan and Aisha sneak out to find her. They find a lot more than they counted on, however. Underneath the Fiveash mansion is a carnival of horrors, where missing children are treated as dolls to play with by a ghost who doesn’t realize she’s been dead for almost 100 years. This is a horror/fantasy/YA tale of alternate dimensions, ghosts, and monsters galore. .
This is an intricately woven world that Allyn has created, and she brings the twists to life repeatedly. The story is an original one, and the author has imbued the tale with characters that the reader can both cheer for and scream at. The book seemed a bit sluggish at times, but there was always an action-packed payoff soon after.
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This is the first book in the Dark Carousel series. I do not know if the same characters will be in future tales, but Allyn’s writing has sucked me in.
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This book was good. I probably will read the series.
Blew me away!
After reading this book, I had to search out the other books in the series… There was something about it that just made me want to keep on reading… The characters were interesting and the situation was extremely haunting.. Though it was not the book I thought it was going to be I was not in the least disappointed.
Kept me reading till the end
A very freaky read. Loved it
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