The Gathering

"I’m going to start by saying i would of enjoyed this a lot more if i read it when i was younger. The flaws that this book has are the same things that most middle grade struggle from. <br/><br/>One of them being the characters. They had very little depth to them and i didn’t find them that interesting. Poppy is a orphan. In the orphanage everyone thoughts she was crazy because she always saw a girl behind her when she looked in the mirror. The twins are actors from a show. Azumi lost her sister and Marcus loves to play music but his family doesn’t want him to play because it brings up bad memories. The annoying thing with Marcus is that he loves music is his character trait. At one point people with masks were trying to break into the room and instead of helping Poppy, Azumi and the twins keep the door shut he started playing the piano and he didn’t care what was going on. <br/><br/>There were some creepy scenes but it doesn’t get too scary. There are some mentions of children abuse but it isn’t shown.<br/><br/>This book has a plot twist that appears in too many books. I didn’t see it coming but that is just because i keep on forgetting to look for it. It works for the story that the author is trying to tell but i still don’t like the plot twist. I think it would of been more mind blowing for younger kids.<br/><br/>I would recommend this book to people that are younger and enjoy horror. I depends on the kid but middle schoolers would the best fit to read this book. The horror isn’t too bad but it can be too much for a kid sensitive to horror."

"Good horror book!"