Abandon Hope
A Cutters Notch Novel, Book One

Hope is a thirteen year old girl who disappears from the tiny town of Cutter’s Notch, Indiana. Nightmare scenarios run through the minds of all who know her. The story is laced through with paranormal activity, from dark spectres to elves and flying reindeer. I feel the heroes are perfect as middle......more

Michael Decamp entertains us with a fantasy/kidnap/cannibalism novel - an interesting concept that surprisingly worked well. Hope Spencer is 13 and lives with her mother in a small hamlet having changed their names to try and evade Hope's father who is an extremely violent man. Hope befriends Josh an......more

I really liked this book! I am a fan of kiddie lit in general, but usually feel like they lack the meat of adult literature. This story did not lack meat. It jumped right into action and did not let up. I finished it less than 24 hours after I began. The central characters were multi-dimensional and......more

Three kids are thrust into situations that would be terrifying even for adults, but they are not without supernatural assistants--who also steal their socks. One of my favorite things about this story are the shimmers. These portals between dimensions exist inside mirrors, and I'm still checking min......more

Mike is the dad to one of my college friends. Our personal connection was my motivation to dive into a fiction book. I don’t read much fiction but this storyline kept me hooked. There were a few twists and turns that were not expected but made this mystery unique, suspenseful, yet feel good at the s......more