Content: G (Mildly scary)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - NOT RECOMMENDED
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
The Grim Sleepers are 4 friends who once a month gather for a sleepover with scary stories. Their town of Misery, Oregon is about to celebrate Hoke Days, a festival built around their most notorious criminal - a pre-teen who purportedly perpetrated a viscous murder. Each girl has family drama that interferes with their participation in the festival - but they are also being stalked by someone who may be Silas Hoke himself.
The promise of creepy story is wasted in a book that is heavy on character backstories and short on actual scares. Every time I thought the lay-off was going to come, I was dragged into more personal drama sans ghosts or danger. Even the scary stories the girls tell are more the 8yo first time teller variety. And the girls call their club the Grim Sleepers, so why is the series called Graveyard Girls? You’ll find out at the very end. Seems like a set up to sell a poorly written series by two authors who are capable of doing so much better.
The girls all default to white – I didn’t notice any ethnic differences in the narrative. Audiobook provided by Libro.fm
Cindy, Library Teacher
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