Holly Horror 1, Michelle Jabes Corpora
Holly Horror 1, Michelle Jabes Corpora
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Holly Horror #1

Author: Michelle Jabès Corpora

Narrator: Bailey Carr

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2024

Synopsis

"Playmate, come and play with me..."

A beloved classic reimagined with a dark twist.

After her parents' painful divorce, Evie Archer hopes that moving to Ravenglass, Massachusetts, is the fresh start her family needs. But Evie quickly realizes that her new home—known by locals as the Horror House—carries its own dark past after learning about Holly Hobbie, who mysteriously vanished from her bedroom one night.

But traces of Holly linger in the Horror House and slowly begin to take over Evie's life. A strange shadow follows her everywhere she goes, and Evie starts to lose sight of what's real and what isn't the more she learns about The Lost Girl.

Can Evie find out what happened the night of Holly's disappearance? Or is history doomed to repeat itself in the Horror House?

About The Author

Michelle Jabès Corpora is a writer, editor, community organizer, and martial artist. In addition to working in the publishing industry for more than a dozen years as an editor and concept developer, she has ghostwritten five novels in a long-running middle-grade mystery series. American Horse Tales: The Dust Bowl was Michelle's first novel under her own name. Her second novel, The Fog of War: Martha Gellhorn at the D-Day Landings (Pushkin Press), published in 2021.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mallory on July 17, 2023

I was very excited about this book, because I love horror and ghost stories a lot and this one sounded great. I especially love a story about a haunting of the house the protagonist is in and they need to dig into the history to figure out what happened which really set me up to be excited about thi......more

Goodreads review by Carrie on June 02, 2024

Holly Horror by Michelle Jabès Corpora is the first book in the young adult horror series by the same name. This new series is based on the old Holly Hobbie character which was cute and cuddly but this series definitely puts a nightmarish twist on the character. Evie Archer and her family have moved......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on August 24, 2023

4.5 stars rounded up This was exactly the sort of creepy haunted house story I was looking for as we wrap up the summer and head into fall. Is it a tropey YA novel? Sure, but for me that didn't detract from the reading experience and I think this is an excellent option for people dipping their toes i......more

Goodreads review by Uyen on November 24, 2024

Thank you prh audio for the free audiobook Omg....Bailey Carr read this and the way she did the voices TERRIFIED ME. I was trying to only read this in the daytime. I loved the story and having to face our past if we don't want them to haunt us. I cannot wait to start the sequel.......more

Goodreads review by Quill&Queer on September 01, 2023

A tentative 4 star rating for the insane cliffhanger ending (this is labelled as a series or duology so it better be!), this is a dark, gothic, small town horror that utilizes a lot of familiar tropes, but the cast of characters really made the story shine. Moving to a small town is never easy, but w......more

Quotes

“Its myriad twists will keep readers riveted all the way to the satisfying climax...Bursting with dark history, ghoulish ghosts, and high-stakes secrets."—Publisher's Weekly

"Energetic and colorfully descriptive."—Kirkus Reviews

“Holly Horror is an absolute blast! Full of thrills, chills, and lacy frills, readers will have fearful fun with every page. I didn’t want it to end!”—Sara Farizan, award-winning author of Dead Flip

“This book should come with a warning label: Do Not Read At Home Alone! With chilling twists and turns, a supremely creepy haunting, and moments of psychological terror that would make Shirley Jackson proud, HOLLY HORROR is that rarest of treats: a genuinely scary ghost story. A must-read for all YA horror fans. I loved it!”—Rob Costello, contributing editor of QUEER BEASTIES: 15 Weird & Wondrous Monster Tales and author of THE DANCING BEARS: Queer Fables for the End Times

“Michelle Corpora has taken the country cute gingham of Holly Hobbie, and reimagined a fabulous patchwork of nightmares. You’ll never look at that bonneted silhouette the same way again!”—Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of BREAKUP FROM HELL and contributing author of OUR SHADOWS HAVE CLAWS: 15 Latin American Monster Stories

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