The Hollow by Jessica Verday

Reading Level: Young Adult
(3 out of 5)







Lately I seem to be reading books that keep my attention but when I finish them I just want to hurl them across the room. I'm really not a violent person and I do not want to harm books in any way, but I'm feeling less than satisfied.

I liked the concept of the story being rooted into the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. That was very cool. But I feel like this book was a very long beginning. 513 pages long which don't get me wrong I love long books but I'm not sure how I feel about this book. Abbey's best friend Kristen dies. The book starts out with her funeral even though the body isn't found until later in the book. You never really find out if her death was an accident, suicide, or murder. You just know that she drowned in the river. Abbey uncovers two diaries that Kristen had been keeping. The black one is normal every day stuff and the red one tells of how she met a boy with the first initial D. Kristen never tells Abbey about D, so Abbey feels betrayed. Abbey has a love interest but from the beginning you start to wonder if something isn't right. Later on you find out that something isn't right. Then you find out some stuff and the book ends.

If you visit the authors website http://www.jessicaverday.com/ you find out that this is a trilogy. The next one titled The Haunted will be out next September and the third untitled book will come out September of 2011. I will read the rest of the trilogy when it comes out because I feel like I'm missing something and I want to know what comes next.