Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: October 3, 2017
Genre: Young Adult
Source: Print ARC
Rating: 4 Stars
Rating: 4 Stars
Blurb:
The Titanic meets the delicious horror of Ransom Riggs and the sass of Mean Girls in this follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller How to Hang a Witch, in which a contemporary teen finds herself a passenger on the famous “ship of dreams”—a story made all the more fascinating because the author’s own relatives survived the doomed voyage.
Samantha Mather knew her family’s connection to the infamous Salem Witch Trials might pose obstacles to an active social life. But having survived one curse, she never thought she’d find herself at the center of a new one.
This time, Sam is having recurring dreams about the Titanic . . . where she’s been walking the deck with first-class passengers, like her aunt and uncle. Meanwhile, in Sam’s waking life, strange missives from the Titanic have been finding their way to her, along with haunting visions of people who went down with the ship.
Ultimately, Sam and the Descendants, along with some help from heartthrob Elijah, must unravel who is behind the spell that is drawing her ever further into the dream ship . . . and closer to sharing the same grim fate as its ghostly passengers.
Review:
If you haven’t already figured it out, this is the second book to How to Hang A Witch. I, personally, would recommend reading the first book before starting Haunting the Deep. I think Mathers’s writing is intelligent, fun, and engrossing. She knows how to tell a story; one that keeps you turning the pages. I can’t tell you how excited I was when contacted to review the next book.
Samantha is such a well thought out and interesting character to read about. She’s able to see and converse with the dead. In fact, she’s in love with one. One that I’ve never really been on board with. I guess you could say that there’s a “love triangle” of sorts, but there really isn’t a question of who she loves and wants to be with.
Sure, Elijah is über yummy but he’s from the 16th century and I think I’m just partial to Jaxon. Anyways, that’s all I’m gonna say about the romance aspect of the book. Because of course this is so much more than all of that! The Titanic is one of the most horrific events to ever happen. The unsinkable ship did just that. It sank. Now Sam is seeing and becoming apart of the infamous ship. With Samantha, Elijah and the gang of Descendants, are they going to be able to stop history from repeating itself?
Overall, I thought that this was so fun and just as good as the first. If not better. The characters are endearing and have a way of working their way into your hearts. This was a creepy good book that I won’t mind going back to again and again.
*Thank you to the publisher for providing a copy for an unbiased and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Amazon- http://amzn.to/2xdh9e8
First book on sale for $1.99 http://amzn.to/2xcXriG
About the Author:
Adriana Mather is the 12th generation of Mathers in America, and as such her family has their fingers in many of its historical pies – the Mayflower, the Salem Witch Trials, the Titanic, the Revolutionary War, and the wearing of curly white wigs. Also, Adriana co-owns a production company, Zombot Pictures, in LA that has made three feature films in three years. Her first acting scene in a film ever was with Danny Glover, and she was terrified she would mess it up. In addition, her favorite food is pizza and she has too many cats.
http://www.zombotpictures.com/
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