I needed to reread this one because it had been too long that I can’t continue with the rest of the series and to remind myself why it was a favourite. And remind myself I did; this book is so uniquely terrifying and romantic that I found myself speechless yet again. If only there were more books like this!
The main character is Cas Lowood, his full name is actually Theseus Cassio so we’ll forgive him for shortening it to something easier. He’s a teenage boy who kills (dispatches) already dead ghosts who are making themselves a nuisance by killing the living. The characters actions at the very start of the book give us an idea of just how gruesome and gory this book is going to be so I advise that if you struggle to read past chapter 3 do not continue. Cas moves to a new town with the sole intention of killing Anna a ghost who has terrorized those who enter her house killing twenty ish people already. But as the situation unfolds Cas begins to sympathise and even share feelings with the ghost in question. Cas goes through a huge amount of growth even in the first book with him going from being a solo fighter to having friends ready next to him to fight and then learning about his father’s death and Anna. This character shows great promise and I am looking forward to reading the other book in this series to see how the character develops even further.
The secondary characters I found most noteworthy include; Anna, Thomas and Carmel. Anna is a tortured soul after having been killed gruesomely she haunts the house she lived in while alive killing those who trespass until Cas enters; Anna’s true story is one of horrific detail and sends a chill through your spine. Thomas is a bit of an outsider until Cas arrives being able to read people’s minds and having a grandfather who is a user of voodoo magic (the good kind) Thomas joins Cas in his quest of saving Anna. Carmel is the normal girl from Cas and Thomas’s school who joins the group rather accidentally but who supports the cause whole heartedly.
The storyline is unique, gripping and terrifying; with details so grotesque that it is most definitely not for the faint hearted. The pacing is brilliant hooking the reader from the very first page till the last and making them desperate for more.
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