The Merciless

by Danielle Vega

Series: Merciless (1)

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Fantasy. Horror. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:*"The Merciless* is chilling. Think Mean Girls meets The Exorcist."�??MTV.com** Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page of this thrilling debut novel. Fans of Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this terrifying series. 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. By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us? �??Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless�?�a nail biting thriller.�?��??… (more)

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While I think maybe certain teen horror fans might enjoy this, it wasn't really the book for me. The plot stumbles along quickly, often tripping over it's predictable dialogue and shock-value horror. There's no character development and everyone's personality seems to be pulled from TVTropes.com. In a way, it was sort of entertaining, but in the way a C-list campy horror film is mind numbingly entertaining. Like, grab some popcorn and binge this for a couple hours of YA scares but don't expect much more.
To be perfectly honest, in the broad scheme of things this could be a 3-star book, but GR deems the 2-star to be "it was ok" and that's really all this book was for me personally. (

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deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |

Even though there was some repetitive descriptions (the wind sure did blow a lot and press against the windows often) but the story is tight and nearly flawless. Not for the squemish! (

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Chanicole | Jul 6, 2023 |

Seriously messes up. My religious upbringing made this way creepier. (

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ScarlettWitch | May 20, 2023 |

I was expecting horror/thriller and got a tangled mess of blood and confusion. The plot was blotchy and a lot of concepts were ill-explained or left to assumption. The writing also was very plain and really couldn't make me sympathize with any of her blank characters. Sometimes it feels like Vega was trying to put too much information in very little space, so it got very choppy and cramped.
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Fantasy. Horror. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:"The Merciless is chilling. Think Mean Girls meets The Exorcist."�??MTV.com

Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page of this thrilling debut novel. Fans of Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this terrifying series.

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.

By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?

�??Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless�?�a nail biting thriller.�?��??

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"Page-to-page Stephen King-style terror..."—Booklist
"The Merciless is chilling...think 'Mean Girls' meets 'The Exorcist.'"—MTV.com

“Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless…a nail biting thriller.”—Seventeen Magazine

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.

By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?

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