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The Merciless by Danielle Vega

The Merciless

Danielle Vega

Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · June 9, 2015

"Page-to-page Stephen King-style terror..."—Booklist "The Merciless is chilling...think 'Mean Girls' meets 'The Exorcist.'"—MTV.com “Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless…a nail biting thriller.”—Seventeen Magazine Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged.

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Who it’s for
A claustrophobic thriller where supernatural fear and cruelty make uneasy companions.
Themes
Exorcism and possession, Peer pressure and complicity, The nature of evil
Pacing
Fast

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"Page-to-page Stephen King-style terror..."—Booklist "The Merciless is chilling...think 'Mean Girls' meets 'The Exorcist.'"—MTV.com “Pretty Little Liars fans, get a sneak peek at your new favorite book The Merciless…a nail biting thriller.”—Seventeen Magazine Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream. Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved.

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When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed. Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls...unless she wants to be next. By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?

Dread and Doubt

A claustrophobic thriller where supernatural fear and cruelty make uneasy companions.

Come here for

  • Horror with the tense pull of a psychological thriller
  • The unnerving question of where evil lives

Expect

  • A trapped, high-stakes reading experience
  • An unsettling blend of possession and human cruelty

Where it sits

YA Horror78%
Paranormal & Supernatural for Teens67%
YA Supernatural Thrillers59%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Horror
  • Paranormal & Supernatural for Teens
  • Bullying for Teens
Authors
Danielle Vega
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
June 9, 2015
Format
Paperback
Theme
Exorcism and possession · Peer pressure and complicity · The nature of evil
Reading lane
YA Horror