Loved itSawill Girls, which is one of my favorite books of all time, is something that I will always keep
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Sawkill Girls (2018)
Others: Leaning positive Beware of the woods and the dark, dank deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep. Who are the Sawkill Girls? Marion: the new girl. Awkward and plain, steady and dependable. Weighed down by tragedy and hungry for love she’s sure she’ll never find. Zoey: the pariah. Luckless and lonely, hurting but hiding it. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Maybe she’s broken—or maybe everyone else is. Val: the queen bee. Gorgeous and privileged, ruthless and regal. Words like silk and eyes like knives, a heart made of secrets and a mouth full of lies. Their stories come together on the island of Sawkill Rock, where gleaming horses graze in rolling pastures and cold waves crash against black cliffs. Where kids whisper the legend of an insidious monster at parties and around campfires. Where girls have been disappearing for decades, stolen away by a ravenous evil no one has dared to fight… until now.
- ISBN:
- 9780062696625
- Length:
- 233 pages
Genres: horror, young adult
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Loved it
Loved itit gets dark and intense I will say that like it's kind of a creepy one but I really enjoyed it like I loved it didn't think I was going to love it as much as I did but I did
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Not a fanI had a hard time getting into the story and invested in the characters and I just found the overall story to be a little dry and dull and that's why I didn't like it