This is the sequel to The Girl from the Well. Okiku and Tark have reached an understanding where the vengeful spirit and the boy can coexist. But stresses in Tark's life at school bring out the worst in both of them and it brings another student to harm. A friend of theirs back in Japan led an expedition into the so called "Suicide Forest" and is missing so Okiku and Tark leave to go and try and find their friend. They stumble into a mystery that blends the present and past in terrifying ways.
This book wasn't as good as The Girl from the Well. It suffers some from heavy handed exposition where a lot of the background is told to the reader by a character who wanders through just for that reason and nothing more. The violence in this teen series is pretty strong so it might be an issue for younger teens.
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