"Dark secrets, creepy dolls and deadly deals - this supernatural YA thriller is a rollercoaster of race-against-time chills."
Playing out like a classic teen horror movie (replete with a creepy doll counting down the days to a deadly deadline), Channelle Desamours’ They Call Her Regret is also accomplished at unpacking grief, guilt, remorse and regret through a super-suspenseful story that sees Halloween-loving Simone get more than she bargained after making a bargain with a supernatural figure.
While Simone’s annual Halloween party is the “biggest event at Pinegrove every year outside of prom”, this year Simone’s best friend Kira convinces her to host something special (and spooky) for her birthday. And there’s no spookier venue than a cabin in the woods near Doll’s Head Lake, a place that’s steeped in local legend.
In true horror-movie style, Kira kicks off the party with an ominous toast: “To a senior year filled with the best memories yet. Let’s leave a legacy that Pinegrove will never forget!” That same night, in the dead of night, a terrible accident sees Simone strike a deal with an apparition who calls herself Regret.
With a life at stake, Simone has no choice but to accept Regret’s grim terms: she must figure out how to free Regret from her state of limbo.
There’s incredible character detail throughout - actions and thoughts are painstakingly described, and emotions are viscerally evoked, not least when Simone wrestles with excruciating feelings of guilt and remorse as time ticks on. Pacey, twisty and shot-through with psychological turmoil, They Call Her Regret confirms the author’s talent for crafting thought-provoking YA page-turners that ring with authenticity.
A page-turning thriller with a supernatural twist by the author of Needy Little Things, perfect for fans of Signed Sealed Dead and Harrow Lake.
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A page-turning thriller with a supernatural twist by the author of Needy Little Things, perfect for fans of Signed Sealed Dead and Harrow Lake.A dark spectre lives on the banks of Yearwood Lake.Make a deal and you're in her debt.Those who've met her call her Regret.Halloween is Simone's favourite holiday. Every year she throws an epic spooky party and this time she's hosting it beside Doll's Head Lake, where legend has it that a haunting figure makes deadly deals with trespassers.Simone isn't worried about all of that - she just wants to have fun, scare her friends and distract herself from her own dark secrets.But in the dead of the night, things begin to go very wrong.
They Call Her Regret features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers
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They Call Her Regret was written by Channelle Desamours and published by Bloomsbury Children's Books an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
They Call Her Regret has 308 pages
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