Scare Me

 By: Teri Terry

Location: FIC TER

Genre: Psychological thriller 

From the author of SLATED...

Scare Me is a tense supernatural thriller, perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and This Lie Will Kill You. From the award-winning author of the SLATED and CIRCLE trilogies, Teri Terry.

The past can haunt you...

Sixteen-year-old Liv can't get on with her own life - not as long as the ghost of her twin sister, Molly, who died at birth, has been her constant companion: she is always there, a part of her that no one else can see or hear.

Liv meets a boy called Echo, who is searching for the truth about his mother's death, and despite Molly's concerns, Liv is drawn to him. Echo believes that if he can just speak to his mother's ghost, he will finally learn the truth about what happened to her and be able to move on with his life.

But he believes the way to reach her is through fear: to scare himself enough to lift the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead. Echo and Liv begin an increasingly dangerous game that tests their greatest fears: but how far is Echo willing to go to uncover the truth?

Review by hayley

I've never read a Teri Terry book before, so I have no frame of reference, however this is a great YA novel.

We meet Liv, who is a twin. However, her twin (Molly) passed away at birth, but she never left Liv. She has been there in the background interfering with her life. Liv would like Molly to move on, but Molly is determined to stay. She meets a boy called Echo. Echo's mother drove her car (with him in it) off a cliff a year before meeting Liv. He can't remember much about the accident, but he wants to contact his mother to ask what happened. He can't believe that she would have done what she did with him in the car.

Echo and Liv decide that in order to face their ghosts, they need to waken the barrier between the living and the dead. In order to do this, they need to be scared...scared for their lives. So they embark on a dangerous journey together to see if they can overcome their haunted pasts.

I really enjoyed this read, there is a huge plot twist that I just didn't see coming at all! I won't post any spoilers, as it really is best enjoyed going in blind.

The chapters are short and snappy, making it easy to plough through. I'm well over the age bracket for the target audience, but I loved it.