Dollhouse

 

Title: Dollhouse

Author: Anya Allyn

Publisher: CreateSpace 

Published in: 2012

Fifteen year old Aisha disappears in the forests on a school hiking trip. She's the latest in a string of children to vanish there over the past five years. The towns surrounding the forests are on edge and they demand answers. And wildboy Ethan—Aisha's boyfriend—is on the run after he and his grandfather are blamed for Aisha's disappearance.

Cassie is just about the only friend Ethan has left. She's been secretly in love with him ever since her mother dragged her to the wilds of Australia from Florida six months ago.

Desperate to prove Ethan's innocence, Cassie searches the forests with Ethan to find out what really happened to Aisha. But Ethan's growing strangely silent, and Cassie's left questioning if her feelings for him are clouding her judgment.

Cassie discovers a dark secret lurking in the heart of the forests; a secret world of nightmarish horrors—where nothing is as it seems, where the supernatural invades your soul, where the people she trusted most might be the people she can trust the least, and where escape exists only in dreams. -Goodreads

I would have never heard of Dollhouse unless I hadn't been browsing the free section of the Amazon Kindle store. I read a few reviews on there and decided that I should give it a try. (I believe it is still free if anyone is interested)

Towards the beginning of the book, we get the story of how Aisha goes missing from the main character. From this point, I didn't think I would like her (Cassie) very much. She whined a lot about how Ethan was with Aisha and tried to put herself in the middle of their arguments. I read on because other than that, the story was pretty interesting.

I really liked the creepiness of the book. I don't want to spoil anything, but it does involve a human dollhouse (hence the name). As the book went on, Cassie became more likable and I really enjoyed her perspective of things. The only problem was that it took a while for things to get interesting.

I would recommend this book to people who like creepy stories. If you can get past a slow beginning and a slightly annoying main character, then I would recommend this book to you!

Rating: 3 stars