Jessica Verday

High school junior Abbey struggles with the loss of her best friend Kristen, who vanished on a legendary bridge, but her grief is eased by Caspian, an attractive and mysterious stranger she meets in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery.

The Hollow

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Hey y'all. 
So, about the HOLLOW. If you like mysteries, this is an excellent book for you. 
There aren’t that many YA mysteries out there, at least not that I’ve read, so this one is pretty unique.
Oh, and if you haven’t read this book before, I feel it only fair to inform you: THIS IS A GHOST STORY.
I won’t tell you any more than that, though, so you can puzzle over that as you read.
This book, if it’s the first time you’re reading it, it definitely keeps you guessing, unfortunately, I’ve read it before.
But not for a while, so there were some parts where I was surprised.
The Ultimate Question: what happened to Kristen?
I’m hoping that’s revealed in the HIDDEN, which is book 3. Unfortunately, I have to read the second one, The HAUNTED, to get to it.
Also, the tagline on this book, A love like no other is kind of misleading, if you ask me.
Not that there love isn’t like no other, but I just don’t think of their love as being the main point of the story.
The main point of the story has something more to do with that Ultimate Question I told you about.
What happened to Kristen?
God, just tell me what happened to Kristen!!! 

Okay, so there was a point in this book where Abbey talked about turning on the angriest music she could find. For some reason, I took this as a challenge.
So I formulated a special playlist from the music on my iPod.
I call the playlist: My Music is Angrier than Yours.
Here it is:

Sick- Adelita’s Way
I Don’t Care- Apocalyptica
Becoming the Bull- Atreyu
Nightmare; Welcome to the Family- Avenged Sevenfold
I Will Not Bow- Breaking Benjamin
Scream Aim Fire; All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)- Bullet for My Valentine
Hell; The Animal; Ten Thousand Fists; Down With the Sickness; Stupify- Disturbed.
Taking You Down- Egypt Central
Back for More, Never Enough- Five Finger Death Punch
Been to Hell; Hear Me Now; This Love, This Hate- Hollywood Undead
Happy?- Mudvayne
Burn it to the Ground- Nickelback
Make Me Wanna Die- The Pretty Reckless
BEER!!!- Psychostick (This one is just for giggles)
Face to Face- Sevendust
You’re Going Down; Street Fighter (War)- Sick Puppies
Monster- Skillet
Psychosocial- Slipknot
Save Yourself- Stabbing Westward
Animal I Have Become; I Hate Everything About You- Three Days Grace

What do you think? Based on Abbey’s character, do you think my music is angrier than hers?
*Note: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS PLAYLIST WHILE READING THIS BOOK. Seriously. Don’t. if you want a playlist you CAN listen to while reading this book, than I’ll provide one below, but DON’T LISTEN TO THIS ONE.
This playlist doesn’t not fit the book AT ALL.

This next one does, though:

Broken- Seether (feat. Amy Lee)
I Am Only One; Sleep Well, My Angel- We Are the Fallen
Arise- Flyleaf
All I Need; Shot in the Dark; The Last Dance- Within Temptation
Decode; Let the Flames Begin- Paramore
The Call- Regina Spektor
Hands of Time- Rachel Diggs
Bring Me to Life, Lithium- Evanescence
A New Hope- Broken Iris

Okay, I realize this one is waaay shorted than the last one, but maybe that’s because I have more angry music on my iPod.
Or possibly because I didn’t actually have the HOLLOW in mind when I was creating this last playlist. (This is actually a playlist of new music I got with an iPod giftcard that I got for my birthday a couple days ago.)
If I’d been actively thinking of the HOLLOW when creating this playlist, it might have more music on it.
I’ll do that. While reading the HAUNTED, I’ll think of more music and make another, longer playlist. Okay?
Good. 
So. See ya next time.

Lokidotter

I got interested in the last fifty or so pages with the whole reveal about Nik. And caspian. But otherwise it felt like it dragged on with mundane events.

Growing up in the town of Sleepy Hollow, the mystery and intrigue over Washington Irving's classic legend are all part of daily life for sixteen-year-old Abbey. But when her best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Abbey's world is suddenly turned upside down. While everyone is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead, Abbey refuses to believe that she is really gone. And when Abbey meets the gorgeous, but mysterious, Caspian at Kristen's memorial she starts to feel like she has something to hold on to for the first time since Kristen's disappearance. But when Abbey finds a diary hidden in Kristen's bedroom, she begins to question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her disappearance or even her death? Hurt and angry at Kristen's betrayal, Abbey turns to Caspian for support… and uncovers a frightening truth about him that threatens both their emerging love and her sanity…

Charlotte

Really struggled with this one, and after forcing myself to read the first 150 pages I had to give up. It's a shame because I'd been wanting to read this book for a long time before I finally got around to buying it, the Legend of Sleepy Hollow is something I've always been interested in, but this just didn't click for me.

Megan Leprich

Picked this book up on a random whim and it was okay...not great...kind of weird honestly. Chick thinks she's met this super hot awesome guy only to find out he's a ghost and she might be losing her mind. I'm not sure how I made it through the whole thing but I managed.

Siobhán

When I first heard of this book I was worried about reading it. It seemed to be one of those hit or misses. However, I am sooooooo glad I picked it up. This book really captured my imagination from beginning to end. With Jessica's beautiful writing style that makes you feel like you are there allow side Abbey. I really felt all the things Abbey was feeling. When she cried, I cried. (well I cried from start to finish lol)When she laughed, I laughed. She was easy to connect with and I felt like I have gained a new friend. When Abbey meets Caspian (who btw is cutie in my imagination)she starts to feel again from the lose of her friend. He awakens all new feeling in her. However, he did annoy me just a little as he always seemed to taking "two steps forward then five steps back" as Abbey said. However, in the end I loved them and can't wait to read the rest of their story.

This is Jessica's debut novel and she has did an amazing job here. Not only has she produced a fantastic and emotional novel, she has made me want to go out and read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

I recommend this to someone who enjoys reading books that are emotionally intense, gripping from start to finish and with some mystery.

(WARNING DONT NOT READ IN PUBLIC CRYING IS A POSSIBILITY)

I feel like no matter how much or little I wrote about this book I can't do it justice it just has to read.

The Hollow (The Hollow, #1)

madie anne 

okay, i fucking loved this book. i loved the way verday slowly built up to the climax, leaving us little hints and clues as to what would happen in the future. i also loved the ending, which talked about the red hair (total foreshadowing).

The Hollow

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