Suburbia. Shady, tree-lined streets, well-tended lawns and cozy homes. A nice, quiet place to grow up. Unless you are teenage Meg or her crippled sister, Susan. On a dead-end street, in the dark, damp basement of the Chandler house, Meg and Susan are left captive to the savage whims and rages of a distant aunt who is rapidly descending into madness. It is a madness that infects all three of her sons and finally the entire neighborhood. Only one troubled boy stands hesitantly between Meg and Susan and their cruel, torturous deaths. A boy with a very adult decision to make.
Surprisingly as a horror fan this is only the second book by this author I've read. I'd heard this on was great, and boy was it. I just could not put this down, I finished it all on one rainy day. What was done to Meg was hard to read at times and was definitely harsher than I'd expected, but, it is a horror book after all. Fans of horror, if you haven't read this one yet, pick it up and give it a spin.
