Review: Very interesting read!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2013
Hell's Hollow was a good read. Seraphina is quite the loner in a small town where she lives up to her familys' reputation as the local wierdos and who could blame them thinking that when her Grandmother and Aunt are currently residing in a mental health clinic, driven crazy by their `gifts'. Not Sera though, not if her mother has anything to say about it. Ordered to never use her gift of healing for fear of ending up where her relatives are, she must resist the tug she feels to heal the injured - be it animal or human. However, one day she feels the tug towards the Hollow, a strangely powerful and mystic place that only the females from her bloodline can tread upon and low and behold, that tug leads to a boy, a boy who would need her kind of help and who she would most definitely like to help. As their time together grows, so does their relationship and as they uncover each-others secrets there is an intense connection, Sera feels compelled to heal him - but at what cost to herself? Is this boy worth her heart & her sanity?So this was a good read, I liked both of our main characters Sera & Zach, they felt very nave & vulnerable, each having a similar sort of sheltered existence but under different circumstances. The way they were around each other was very sweet as their relationship blossomed. I liked Sera's struggle throughout this not just with her gift but with her sanity and I liked how that was backed up with the visits to her Gran & Aunt which gave us a glimpse at what was at stake if she used her gift. I liked the premise of the whole book, I liked what that meant for her family & the town as it all connects to a certain place with a dark history. The background of it all was very interesting and it's a shame we didn't get that story in the beginning of the book, I like a bit of folklore and it tied in lovely to the story. I thought it was going to mainly be a boy meets girl with gift, she heals him & they fall in love, kind of story but this has a bit more to it, a bit of mystery & a whole lot of skeletons in the closet which was great!. I liked the way that her Gran & Aunt's mental health were portrayed, nothing too dark with it being YA but also fitting enough to have an impact on Sera's outlook on life. All in all, reading this is a great way to spend a few hours.