Highly recommended for its literary quality and boundless appeal to teens.– Priscille Dando, Robert E. The brilliant combination of horror, fairy tales, mystery, and romance equals a can’t-put-it-down experience.
Bell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Helen Grant (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Mark Valentine (Contributor) 4.08 avg rating 12 ratings published 2014. The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows Volume 2. Teens will root for Lin and Michel as they find themselves in a heart-pounding struggle with evil. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Grant is a master of style, creating a foreboding, gothic mood with clever cliffhangers ending each chapter and grisly descriptions within the action. Combined with the mystery is the story of Lin’s everyday teenage concerns: fitting in at school, pining over a crush, and worrying about family dynamics. What’s unclear is if the escalating threats to her family and mounting village deaths are the result of Michel’s mad father, or the Glass Demon himself. It’s soon clear that the villagers want the Foxes gone. On Lin’s first day, she meets Michel, a mysterious boy who eventually becomes her only ally.
Like the quest for the Holy Grail, the question of the Glass’s existence has split academia, and Lin’s father is obsessed with determining the truth. For generations, the village has lived with the legend of the Allerheiligen Glass–medieval stained glass windows that are said to have been cursed by a demon, bringing death to those who gaze upon them. Lin Fox finds herself in a falling-down castle deep in the woods of Germany while her father attempts to resuscitate his academic career. Adult/High School–Grant’s follow-up to The Vanishing of Katharina Linden (Delacorte, 2010) is a similarly engrossing tale.
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