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Catacomb by Madeleine Roux

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 Dan, Abby, and Jorden have finally finished their senior year and left all the creepy events from Brookline behind. unfortunately, the past is not done haunting them. The three are off to New Orleans and are startled to learn that someone may be following them. To make things even worse, a secret gang is resurfacing and it'll take everything not to lose a limb to them. First off, Catacomb  was such a disappointing ending to the Asylum series. Each book seemed to get worse and worse. I still think Asylum was great, but Sanctum  and Catacomb  were a bit of a letdown. Catacomb  wasn't nearly as creepy as I was hoping for it to be. It was pretty predictable and I figured out who was behind everything as soon as he showed up in the book. However, there was one good plot twist that I would have liked to see explored more. I think Madeleine Roux is great at wrapping up her books. There are never any loose strings or questions I still have. Dan was so annoying in this ...

Sanctum by Madeline Roux

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 After a frighting summer at New Hampshire College, Dan and his friends are back at the university to investigate its latest mystery. After arriving, the trio discovers that the college grounds have been turned into a carnival. Adding onto the events that happened over the summer, the plot thickens as kidnapped women and secret society resurface. Dan, Abby, and Jorden are all past the point of no return and each wrong move could prove fatal. My biggest disappointment in Sanctum  was there were no creepy clowns. How do you write a book that takes place at a CARNAVAL with no creepy clowns? That's like horror 101 people. For real though, Sanctum was a pretty good sequel to Asylum . I don't think it was as interesting as its predecessor, but most sequels can't claim that they are. I found Dan's dreams annoying and eventually I just started skipping them. In the book, Dan and Abby are supposed to be dating but there are just some moments where I forgot they were even in a re...

Asylum by Madeleine Roux

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Daniel Crawford is spending the summer doing the New Hampshire College Prep program (NHCP). NHCP is the chance of a lifetime. When Dan arrives he finds out that the normal dorms are closed and the students are forced to stay in the Brookline Dorm, which was formally a psychiatric hospital. In other words, Dan is staying in an insane asylum. At Brookline, Dan ends up meeting Abby and Jordan. Together the three discover secrets that will change their lives forever. I loved  Asylum . It was such a great book. The plot was constructed so well and I didn't see that ending coming at all! Everything wrapped up so nicely in the end and there were no loose strings.  I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I thought this book was going to be a little scary. It was still a pretty creepy book though. There were definitely times where my heart was beating faster than normal.   Dan was a pretty good main character. The only part of him that I didn't like was that he could get so jealous...