Catacomb

Madeleine Roux — 2015

The heart-stopping third book in the New York Times bestselling Asylum series follows three teens as they take a senior year road trip to one of America's most haunted cities, uncovering dangerous secrets from their past along the way. With all the thrills, chills, and eerie found photographs that led Publishers Weekly to call Asylum "a strong YA debut," Catacomb is perfect for fans for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Sometimes the past is better off buried. Senior year is finally over. After all they've been through, Dan, Abby, and Jordan are excited to take one last road trip together, and they're just not going to think about what will happen when the summer ends. But on their way to visit Jordan's uncle in New Orleans, the three friends notice that they're being followed . . . and photographed. Then Dan starts receiving messages from someone he didn't expect to hear from again—someone who died last Halloween. When the trio arrives in New Orleans and the strange occurrences only escalate, Dan is forced to accept that everything that has happened to him in the past year may not be a coincidence, but fate—a fate that ties Dan to a group called the Bone Artists, who have a sinister fascination with notorious killers of the past. Now Dan's only hope is that he will make it out of his senior trip alive. Don't miss Madeleine Roux's all-new gothic horror novel, House of Furies.

Reviews

Emelie@swedishbookowl

Oct 31, 2022

This book wasnt as good as the other two.. But it had some plot twist u Didnt see coming and it was a perfect ending of the serie!

Elizabeth@elizabethamarx4

Feb 19, 2022

** spoiler alert ** I really really loved this series. It helped me regain my love for books. The way Roux writes and incorporates the photos is absolutely fantastic. But, the ending. I wish there was a final chapter that officially tied all three books together. Like there was stuff connecting the corporation to Brookline, but there wasn't something connecting it to make it important. Almost like reading a research essay and the writer gives all the evidence to support, but doesn't tie them together, and create a strong conclusion out of it. But that doesn't waver my love for the first.

Jessica Williamson@jlw_writes

Dec 5, 2021

3.75 Surprisingly, I liked this one the best of the trilogy. It had the most movement plot line wise and I feel like the villain was more fleshed out and there were actual plot points that had me on the edge of my seat. It continued the creepy vibes of the first two books but I think it excelled in character work and plot above the other two. cover 3; character 4; plot 4; pace 4; writing 3; enjoyment 4.

Dana Musser@sentientrees

Oct 18, 2021

There were frequent plot skips and some parts just didn't make sense. Things seem to happen very conveniently for Roux's characters without a coherent explanation as to why. In my opinion, Roux spent too much time in the book with events that didn't matter as much, so the climax felt rushed and had holes in it.