The Uninvited

Reviewed by Lynn Crow for TeensReadToo.com When New Yorker Mimi drives all the way up into the Canadian wilderness to find the little house her artist father once used as a studio, she's just looking to spend some time alone - and away from an affair with a professor that has taken a nasty turn. The l......more

A little bit spooky, a little bit eerie, a whole lot of family problems. The three young ones, Mimi, Jay, and another guy Cramer, act as the main characters. The viewpoint switches from each of those characters often. The story is just so compelling. It’s very hard to put down, especially towards to......more

Wow, this is a page turner! Three characters are drawn to a small, solitary house on a snye (read it to find out) for their own reasons. Of the three, two are completely unaware of the third except as a threat, an invisible menace. But is the third the enemy? Or is the third the final key in discover......more

Any book with incest is a no go in my eyes. And although nothing actually stemmed from it, the amount of lusting over siblings and half siblings made this an uncomfortable read. Also, the characters have a tendency to speak to themselves in a soliloquy sort of way which only exists in theatre and ‘t......more

This was eerie at times, but overall I didn't think it was quite as thrilling or scary as I had hoped. It wasn't exactly predictable, but the twists didn't shock me either, and although I did follow the general plot of the story and enjoyed specific scenes, there were other scenes that seemed unneces......more