![]() If you're looking for a YA fantasy with a bit of scary stuff, this book might be just the thing. The book is well-edited, the plot moves along, and the monsters are well-conceived, although not overly gruesome. But there is more to their relationship than young love, and the truth lies in the visions John has been having about his past - a past he cannot remember. ![]() As you might expect, John and Jane begin to fall for one another. They used to live on a farm near Sarah's, but they fled after the monsters killed the girls' mother. They have come from the nearby town of Marysvale, where they live with their father. Then visitors arrive - Jane, who is about John's age, and Jane's younger sister Hannah. ![]() He escapes with his life, and arrives at an isolated farm where the owner, a middle-aged woman named Sarah, takes him in. ![]() His latest escape leads him through a forest peopled by monsters - creatures with the ability to track and hunt people. So John settles in some town for a little while, until the townspeople realize there's something odd about him, and then he moves on. That makes life difficult for him in this superstitious and suspicious culture. The main character, John Casey, is a man with an odd gift: the ability to see into people's souls. The setting is a frontier region similar to our Old West. Marysvale is a YA horror story of sorts that's set in a fantasy world. ![]()
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