Book details
  • Shadow Hills See large image

    Shadow Hills (Hardback) By (author) Anastasia Hopcus

    04

    Free worldwide shipping

    $14.39 - Save $3.60 20% off - RRP $17.99 Free shipping worldwide (to United States and
    all these other countries)     Usually dispatched within 48 hours     Add to basket | Add to wishlist |

    Short Description for Shadow HillsAfter her sister tragic death, grief-stricken Persephone "Phe" Archer hopes to make sense of her sister's sudden demise, and the cryptic dreams following it, by abandoning her LA life to attend an East Coast prep school--a school that her sister mysteriously mentioned in her last diary entry before she died.
    Full description

 

Full description | Reviews | Bibliographic data
Showing 1 to 2 of 2 results

Reviews for Shadow Hills

Write a review

  • Reviewed by Ashley B for TeensReadToo.com4

    TeensReadToo Persephone "Phe" Archer feels as though she doesn't belong in L.A. any more since her sister's death. She leaves the city to go to Devenish Prep, a boarding school in Shadow Hills, Massachusetts. Her sister, Athena, had written of this place in her last diary entry, and Phe is determined to figure out why.

    As Phe snoops around the school and the town, she continues to have dreams about the town and people within, both dead and alive. But the townspeople are odd. Every single one of them. And they might be after her.

    This novel's synopsis makes the story sound mysterious and romantic, though it was kind of misleading. The chapters moved at a slow and steady pace, and didn't really pick up until the ending. The characters could have been more developed, and the relationship between Phe and Zach, as well. Overall though, a good read that wasn't as great as I had expected. by TeensReadToo

  • Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus Review4

    Katelyn This book reminded me why I love a good mystery so much. Add in the great romance Anastasia Hopus has blooming between Phe and Zach and you've got me as a big fan without a doubt. From start to finish Hopcus builds the mystery that hangs over the small town of Shadow Hills. Clues are given out and revelations are made at just the right times but I was just as much in the dark as the characters were. It was perfect, I wasn't predicting the end by page one but instead enjoying the complexity that Hopcus created. There are clear "good" guys and clear bad guys but it was the floaters that surprised me and kept me second guessing myself from the beginning to the very end.

    After Phe's older sister Athena dies, she wants answers and doesn't want to wait around for them to come to her, or to never materialize at all. She was such a fun character to watch in action. She was brave and gutsy (yes I just used the word gutsy) and went after what she wanted, no holds barred. The mysterious Zach (a local native of Shadow Hills) has secrets and plays hard to get but that just makes you like him all the more.

    With her new boarding school friends (and who doesn't love a boarding school backdrop?) Phe sets out to solve the puzzle of her new home town and figure out how her and her sister fit in with the whole thing. Readers will love the mystery, romance and of course the suspense, and will want more where that came from. Hopcus says on her blog that she can't confirm a sequel but that she is working on book two. Let's just hope that she can confirm and release that book very soon! by Katelyn

Write a review
Showing 1 to 2 of 2 results