Wake the Hollow by Gaby Triana
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Summary provided by publisher:
Forget the dead, Mica. It’s real, live people you should fear.
Tragedy has brought Micaela Burgos back to her hometown of Sleepy Hollow. It’s been six years since she chose to live with her father in Miami instead of her eccentric mother. And now her mother is dead.
This town will suck you in and not let go.
Sleepy Hollow may be famous for its fabled headless horseman, but the town is real. So are its prejudices and hatred, targeting Mica’s family as outsiders. But ghostly voices carry on the wind, whispering that her mother’s death was based on hate…not an accident at all. With the help of two very different guys—who pull at her heart in very different ways—Micaela must awaken the hidden secret of Sleepy Hollow…before she meets her mother’s fate.
Find the answers.
Unless, of course, the answers find you first.
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I really liked this book, and if not for a few annoying moments (mostly stemming from the fact that Micaela would be talking to either of her confidants — who would each tell her to not trust the other — and she’d basically be like, ‘okay, so I shouldn’t, like, trust him? Only you?’ It seemed to just go back and forth and she only ended up a nervous wreck with no idea what she should do), I probably would have rated this a five.
I loved the whole idea of merging the story of Sleepy Hollow with the life of the actual writer, Washington Irving to make for a creepy, somewhat ghostly, story. It wasn’t really scary, but that could be because I don’t scare easily, though I still liked the way the creepy scenes played out.
Anyway, back to the whole Sleepy Hollow/Irving aspect.
In this book, Irving plays a huge part in the history of Sleepy Hollow, having used it as the setting of one of his most famous works, and having his own personal history with the town itself, so it only makes sense Irving would have some secrets that would end up playing a huge part in the MC’s life, and the craziness of the town, right? Yeah, so there’s the usual things that comes with being in a small town. Everyone knows everyone, and everyone knows who the outcasts are. In this case, that would be Micaela, because she’s the daughter of the ‘town crazy’. I liked how well her role played out, because things made sense! They actually seemed plausible! I can’t really complain about a YA book that is actually pretty well written, can I?
All in all, I really enjoyed this book, and will be glad to recommend it!
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