Review: Suspenseful and entertaining ghost story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2014
After the sudden death of his father, Alex and his mother, Charlotte, travel to a remote Polynesian island that was featured in a brochure they had found when going through the deceased’s belonging.Alex goes reluctantly and is immediately uncomfortable on arrival. The island is rundown and sparsely populated. He feels like he is being watched. The only good thing, as he sees it, is Taiya, the grocery store clerk he meets.Taiya shows Alex around the island and slowly Alex learns the history of the superstitions and strange rules of the place. When he wants to explore the shipwreck at the beach he’s met with much resistance and that’s when he starts learning the truth.Taiya and Alex team up to end the curse that’s been controlling the lives of the island’s inhabitants for decades.Being a young adult novel, it’s easy to read but still entertaining. The characters show real fear and emotions. It’s full of action as well.